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A method of detecting and quantifying damage in metal structures

EP 0070124 B1 · Applicant: McNamee, David Fleming

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  • Filed July 1, 1982 and granted November 20, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 1, 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 January 1, 2008.
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FiledJuly 1, 1982
PublishedJanuary 19, 1983
GrantedNovember 20, 1986
Term endedJuly 1, 2002
Application numberEP 82303443
Classification (CPC)G01N17/02

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJuly 1, 1982PublishedJan 19, 1983Patent grantedNov 20, 1986Term endedJuly 1, 2002

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