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Numerical value measuring instrument using oscilloscope device

EP 0169903 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 28, 1983 and granted January 16, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 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 September 28, 2008.
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FiledMarch 28, 1983
PublishedFebruary 5, 1986
GrantedJanuary 16, 1991
Term endedMarch 28, 2003
Application numberEP 83900972
Classification (CPC)G01N29/4463 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 28, 1983PublishedFeb 5, 1986Patent grantedJan 16, 1991Term endedMarch 28, 2003

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