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Device for measuring the thickness of a sheet product

EP 0548874 B1 · Applicant: NEOPOST INDUSTRIE

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  • Filed December 21, 1992 and granted March 13, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2018.
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FiledDecember 21, 1992
PublishedJune 30, 1993
GrantedMarch 13, 1996
Term endedDecember 21, 2012
Application numberEP 92121690
Classification (CPC)G01B21/08 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedDec 21, 1992PublishedJune 30, 1993Patent grantedMarch 13, 1996Term endedDec 21, 2012

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