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Sealed measuring device

EP 0462425 B1 · Applicant: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH

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  • Filed May 28, 1991 and granted December 29, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 28, 2011.
  • 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 November 28, 2016.
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FiledMay 28, 1991
PublishedDecember 27, 1991
GrantedDecember 29, 1993
Term endedMay 28, 2011
Application numberEP 91108649
Classification (CPC)G01D5/34769

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 28, 1991PublishedDec 27, 1991Patent grantedDec 29, 1993Term endedMay 28, 2011

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