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Method and apparatus for detecting fissures in canalizations

EP 0874237 A1 · Applicant: SOCIETE DES TRANSPORTS PETROLIERS PAR PIPELINE - TRAPIL

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  • Filed April 7, 1998 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 7, 2018.
  • 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 7, 2023.
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FiledApril 7, 1998
PublishedOctober 28, 1998
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 7, 2018
Application numberEP 98400828
Classification (CPC)G01N27/82

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