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Apparatus for automatically inspecting objects and identifying or recognizing known and unknown portions thereof, including defects and the like and method

EP 0195161 B1 · Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 30, 1985 and granted September 15, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 30, 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 April 30, 2011.
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FiledOctober 30, 1985
PublishedSeptember 24, 1986
GrantedSeptember 15, 1993
Term endedOctober 30, 2005
Application numberEP 85307843
Classification (CPC)G06T7/001

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 30, 1985PublishedSep 24, 1986Patent grantedSep 15, 1993Term endedOct 30, 2005

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