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Device for measuring the edge to edge dimension of an object by optical means

EP 0133120 B1 · Applicant: Noailly, Nicole

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  • Filed July 20, 1984 and granted March 30, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 20, 2004.
  • 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 20, 2010.
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FiledJuly 20, 1984
PublishedFebruary 13, 1985
GrantedMarch 30, 1988
Term endedJuly 20, 2004
Application numberEP 84401542
Classification (CPC)G01B11/024

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJuly 20, 1984PublishedFeb 13, 1985Patent grantedMarch 30, 1988Term endedJuly 20, 2004

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