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Nmr imaging method

EP 0286677 B1 · Applicant: YOKOGAWA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LTD

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  • Filed December 12, 1986 and granted September 1, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 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 June 12, 2012.
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FiledDecember 12, 1986
PublishedOctober 19, 1988
GrantedSeptember 1, 1993
Term endedDecember 12, 2006
Application numberEP 87900263
Classification (CPC)G01R33/482

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 12, 1986PublishedOct 19, 1988Patent grantedSep 1, 1993Term endedDec 12, 2006

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