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System for discriminating radiation-contaminated fragments and apparatus for measuring radioactivity of fragments

EP 0374792 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed December 18, 1989 and granted May 15, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 2009.
  • 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 18, 2015.
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FiledDecember 18, 1989
PublishedJune 27, 1990
GrantedMay 15, 1996
Term endedDecember 18, 2009
Application numberEP 89123383
Classification (CPC)B07C5/346

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 18, 1989PublishedJune 27, 1990Patent grantedMay 15, 1996Term endedDec 18, 2009

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