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Method and apparatus for detecting bounded regions of images, and method and apparatus for sorting articles and detecting flaws

EP 0058028 B1 · Applicant: LOCKWOOD GRADERS (U.K.) LIMITED

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  • Filed January 29, 1982 and granted June 24, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 2002.
  • 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 29, 2007.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1982
PublishedAugust 18, 1982
GrantedJune 24, 1987
Term endedJanuary 29, 2002
Application numberEP 82300488
Classification (CPC)G01N21/88 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJan 29, 1982PublishedAug 18, 1982Patent grantedJune 24, 1987Term endedJan 29, 2002

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