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Flexible, tactile sensor for measuring foot pressure distributions and for gaskets

EP 0457900 B1 · Applicant: TEKSCAN, INC.

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  • Filed December 11, 1990 and granted August 17, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 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 June 11, 2016.
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FiledDecember 11, 1990
PublishedNovember 27, 1991
GrantedAugust 17, 1994
Term endedDecember 11, 2010
Application numberEP 91902445
Classification (CPC)A61B5/1036 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 11, 1990PublishedNov 27, 1991Patent grantedAug 17, 1994Term endedDec 11, 2010

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