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Surface inspection equipment

EP 0034414 B1 · Applicant: British Steel Corporation

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  • Filed January 23, 1981 and granted April 18, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 23, 2001.
  • 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 July 23, 2006.
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FiledJanuary 23, 1981
PublishedAugust 26, 1981
GrantedApril 18, 1984
Term endedJanuary 23, 2001
Application numberEP 81300311
Classification (CPC)G01N27/9013

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJan 23, 1981PublishedAug 26, 1981Patent grantedApril 18, 1984Term endedJan 23, 2001

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