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Method and device for machining the peripheral edge of spectacle lenses

EP 1173305 B1 · Applicant: Wernicke & Co. GmbH

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  • Filed March 23, 2000 and granted February 26, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 23, 2020.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by September 23, 2025.
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FiledMarch 23, 2000
PublishedJanuary 23, 2002
GrantedFebruary 26, 2003
Term endedMarch 23, 2020
Application numberEP 00920544
Classification (CPC)B24B49/16 +1 more

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