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Method for the automatic inspection of channelled panels

EP 0265703 B1 · Applicant: ZELTRON - Istituto Zanussi per la Ricerca S.p.A.

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  • Filed October 1, 1987 and granted April 15, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 1, 2007.
  • 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 1, 2013.
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FiledOctober 1, 1987
PublishedMay 4, 1988
GrantedApril 15, 1992
Term endedOctober 1, 2007
Application numberEP 87114347
Classification (CPC)G01B11/022 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedOct 1, 1987PublishedMay 4, 1988Patent grantedApril 15, 1992Term endedOct 1, 2007

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