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Measuring apparatus

EP 0447580 B1 · Applicant: Nüchter, Karl-Bernhard

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  • Filed March 19, 1990 and granted October 9, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 2010.
  • 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 September 19, 2015.
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FiledMarch 19, 1990
PublishedSeptember 25, 1991
GrantedOctober 9, 1996
Term endedMarch 19, 2010
Application numberEP 90105138
Classification (CPC)G01D1/12 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 19, 1990PublishedSep 25, 1991Patent grantedOct 9, 1996Term endedMarch 19, 2010

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