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Electric field measuring apparatus

EP 0580446 B1 · Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.

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  • Filed July 23, 1993 and granted September 9, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 2013.
  • 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 January 23, 2019.
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FiledJuly 23, 1993
PublishedJanuary 26, 1994
GrantedSeptember 9, 1998
Term endedJuly 23, 2013
Application numberEP 93305824
Classification (CPC)G01R31/308 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJuly 23, 1993PublishedJan 26, 1994Patent grantedSep 9, 1998Term endedJuly 23, 2013

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