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Infrared clinical thermometer

EP 0388463 B1 · Applicant: ECONOMATION, INC.

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  • Filed September 12, 1989 and granted August 21, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 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 March 12, 2015.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1989
PublishedSeptember 26, 1990
GrantedAugust 21, 1996
Term endedSeptember 12, 2009
Application numberEP 89910765
Classification (CPC)G01J5/02 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedSep 12, 1989PublishedSep 26, 1990Patent grantedAug 21, 1996Term endedSep 12, 2009

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