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A two dimensional photon counting position encoder system and process

EP 0204818 B1 · Applicant: COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND IMAGING, INC.

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  • Filed November 27, 1985 and granted February 2, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 27, 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 May 27, 2011.
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FiledNovember 27, 1985
PublishedDecember 17, 1986
GrantedFebruary 2, 1994
Term endedNovember 27, 2005
Application numberEP 86900407
Classification (CPC)G01T1/202 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 27, 1985PublishedDec 17, 1986Patent grantedFeb 2, 1994Term endedNov 27, 2005

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