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Method and device for examining a body, particularly for tomography

EP 0536357 B1 · Applicant: INRIA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE

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  • Filed March 19, 1992 and granted July 22, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 2012.
  • 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, 2017.
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FiledMarch 19, 1992
PublishedApril 14, 1993
GrantedJuly 22, 1998
Term endedMarch 19, 2012
Application numberEP 92908376
Classification (CPC)G06T12/20

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 19, 1992PublishedApril 14, 1993Patent grantedJuly 22, 1998Term endedMarch 19, 2012

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