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Force detector and acceleration detector and method of manufacturing the same

EP 0480471 B1 · Applicant: OKADA, Kazuhiro

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  • Filed October 11, 1991 and granted June 11, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 11, 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 April 11, 2017.
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FiledOctober 11, 1991
PublishedApril 15, 1992
GrantedJune 11, 1997
Term endedOctober 11, 2011
Application numberEP 91117418
Classification (CPC)G01P15/18 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 11, 1991PublishedApril 15, 1992Patent grantedJune 11, 1997Term endedOct 11, 2011

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