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Inspection system and method for cross-sectional imaging

EP 0664446 A2 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed January 16, 1995 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 16, 2015.
  • 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 July 16, 2020.
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FiledJanuary 16, 1995
PublishedJuly 26, 1995
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJanuary 16, 2015
Application numberEP 95300242
Classification (CPC)G01N23/18 +2 more

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