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Drillhole centerline determining device and its use for robot teaching and calibration

EP 0092021 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed January 28, 1983 and granted August 3, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 28, 2003.
  • 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 28, 2008.
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FiledJanuary 28, 1983
PublishedOctober 26, 1983
GrantedAugust 3, 1988
Term endedJanuary 28, 2003
Application numberEP 83100800
Classification (CPC)G01B7/00 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJan 28, 1983PublishedOct 26, 1983Patent grantedAug 3, 1988Term endedJan 28, 2003

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