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Divergent ultrasound arrays

EP 0225120 B1 · Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN

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  • Filed November 19, 1986 and granted January 15, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 2006.
  • 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 19, 2012.
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FiledNovember 19, 1986
PublishedJune 10, 1987
GrantedJanuary 15, 1992
Term endedNovember 19, 2006
Application numberEP 86309038
Classification (CPC)A61N7/02

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 19, 1986PublishedJune 10, 1987Patent grantedJan 15, 1992Term endedNov 19, 2006

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