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Radiation analysis apparatus

EP 0626591 B1 · Applicant: Philips Electronics N.V.

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  • Filed March 16, 1994 and granted September 16, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 16, 2014.
  • 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 16, 2019.
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FiledMarch 16, 1994
PublishedNovember 30, 1994
GrantedSeptember 16, 1998
Term endedMarch 16, 2014
Application numberEP 94200673
Classification (CPC)G01T1/17

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 16, 1994PublishedNov 30, 1994Patent grantedSep 16, 1998Term endedMarch 16, 2014

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