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A device for determining the velocity in a flowing fluid by use of the acoustic Doppler-effect

EP 0175403 B1 · Applicant: RHEOMETRON AG

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  • Filed August 23, 1985 and granted July 12, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 23, 2005.
  • 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 February 23, 2011.
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FiledAugust 23, 1985
PublishedMarch 26, 1986
GrantedJuly 12, 1989
Term endedAugust 23, 2005
Application numberEP 85201353
Classification (CPC)G01P5/242

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedAug 23, 1985PublishedMarch 26, 1986Patent grantedJuly 12, 1989Term endedAug 23, 2005

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