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Method for manufacturing a measuring probe

EP 0279004 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard GmbH

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  • Filed February 17, 1987 and granted July 12, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 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 August 17, 2012.
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FiledFebruary 17, 1987
PublishedAugust 24, 1988
GrantedJuly 12, 1989
Term endedFebruary 17, 2007
Application numberEP 87102263
Classification (CPC)A61B5/14539 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedFeb 17, 1987PublishedAug 24, 1988Patent grantedJuly 12, 1989Term endedFeb 17, 2007

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