Expired European patentEurope
Spatial filtering process and system
EP 0700544 B1 · Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. Berlin
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- Filed May 27, 1994 and granted February 26, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 27, 2014.
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FiledMay 27, 1994
PublishedMarch 13, 1996
GrantedFebruary 26, 1997
Term endedMay 27, 2014
Application numberEP 94918816
Classification (CPC)G06T5/20 +1 more
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