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Method for making a perfected medical model on the basis of digital image information of a part of the body

EP 0756735 B1 · Applicant: MATERIALISE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP

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  • Filed April 11, 1995 and granted August 5, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 11, 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 October 11, 2020.
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FiledApril 11, 1995
PublishedFebruary 5, 1997
GrantedAugust 5, 1998
Term endedApril 11, 2015
Application numberEP 95915708
Classification (CPC)B22F5/00 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedApril 11, 1995PublishedFeb 5, 1997Patent grantedAug 5, 1998Term endedApril 11, 2015

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