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Method of determining the tilt angle of coded surveyor's staffs

EP 0709652 B1 · Applicant: Leica Geosystems AG

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  • Filed October 19, 1995 and granted November 17, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2021.
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FiledOctober 19, 1995
PublishedMay 1, 1996
GrantedNovember 17, 1999
Term endedOctober 19, 2015
Application numberEP 95116461
Classification (CPC)G01C15/06

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedOct 19, 1995PublishedMay 1, 1996Patent grantedNov 17, 1999Term endedOct 19, 2015

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