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Apparatus and method for image scanning using a sensor array

EP 0710034 B1 · Applicant: SYMBIOS LOGIC INC.

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  • Filed October 26, 1995 and granted May 2, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 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 26, 2021.
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FiledOctober 26, 1995
PublishedMay 1, 1996
GrantedMay 2, 2001
Term endedOctober 26, 2015
Application numberEP 95307636
Classification (CPC)H04N23/84 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedOct 26, 1995PublishedMay 1, 1996Patent grantedMay 2, 2001Term endedOct 26, 2015

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