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Clamp-on ultrasonic volume flow rate measuring device

EP 0686255 B1 · Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG

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  • Filed December 15, 1994 and granted March 15, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 15, 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 June 15, 2020.
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FiledDecember 15, 1994
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedMarch 15, 2000
Term endedDecember 15, 2014
Application numberEP 95903802
Classification (CPC)G01F1/662 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedDec 15, 1994PublishedDec 13, 1995Patent grantedMarch 15, 2000Term endedDec 15, 2014

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