IP Library Granted Patent US 4,186,993
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US 4,186,993 · App. 05/835,786

Epidark illumination system

Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Takeshi Sudo
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Granted: Feb 5, 1980 Filed: Sep 22, 1977
Inventors
Yoshiyuki Shimizu
Takeshi Sudo
Assignee (at issue)
Nippon Kogaku K.K.

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Patent No.
US 4,186,993
App. No.
05/835,786
Filed
1977-09-22
Granted
1980-02-05
Kind
A