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Testing device for surfaces subject to impact

EP 0767901 B1 · Applicant: Hogan, Paul

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  • Filed June 21, 1995 and granted January 26, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 21, 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 December 21, 2020.
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FiledJune 21, 1995
PublishedApril 16, 1997
GrantedJanuary 26, 2000
Term endedJune 21, 2015
Application numberEP 95924681
Classification (CPC)G01N3/30 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJune 21, 1995PublishedApril 16, 1997Patent grantedJan 26, 2000Term endedJune 21, 2015

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