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Production method for optical element

EP 1195618 B1 · Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.

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  • Filed April 21, 2000 and granted May 30, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 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 October 21, 2025.
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FiledApril 21, 2000
PublishedApril 10, 2002
GrantedMay 30, 2007
Term endedApril 21, 2020
Application numberEP 00917421
Classification (CPC)G01T1/2002

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