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Method and apparatus for performing ultrasonic flaw detection

EP 0485960 B1 · Applicant: NKK CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 12, 1991 and granted September 24, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 12, 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 May 12, 2017.
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FiledNovember 12, 1991
PublishedMay 20, 1992
GrantedSeptember 24, 1997
Term endedNovember 12, 2011
Application numberEP 91119287
Classification (CPC)G01N29/11 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedNov 12, 1991PublishedMay 20, 1992Patent grantedSep 24, 1997Term endedNov 12, 2011

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