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Method and device for carrying out a comparison between certain patterns, especially finger prints

EP 0031163 B1 · Applicant: EL-DE ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

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  • Filed December 20, 1980 and granted September 23, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 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 June 20, 2006.
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FiledDecember 20, 1980
PublishedJuly 1, 1981
GrantedSeptember 23, 1987
Term endedDecember 20, 2000
Application numberEP 80108075
Classification (CPC)G06V40/12 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedDec 20, 1980PublishedJuly 1, 1981Patent grantedSep 23, 1987Term endedDec 20, 2000

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