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Signal-evaluation circuit for an apparatus for measurement of extinction

EP 0020877 B1 · Applicant: Bodenseewerk Geosystem GmbH

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  • Filed March 28, 1980 and granted August 31, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 2000.
  • 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 28, 2005.
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FiledMarch 28, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedAugust 31, 1983
Term endedMarch 28, 2000
Application numberEP 80101677
Classification (CPC)G01N21/314

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMarch 28, 1980PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedAug 31, 1983Term endedMarch 28, 2000

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