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High resolution, marine seismic stratigraphic system

EP 0057675 B1 · Applicant: FAIRFIELD INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed July 24, 1980 and granted February 25, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 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 January 24, 2006.
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FiledJuly 24, 1980
PublishedAugust 18, 1982
GrantedFebruary 25, 1987
Term endedJuly 24, 2000
Application numberEP 80901565
Classification (CPC)G01V1/3808 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJuly 24, 1980PublishedAug 18, 1982Patent grantedFeb 25, 1987Term endedJuly 24, 2000

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