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Capacitance type sensor

EP 1004865 B1 · Applicant: Yamatake Corporation

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  • Filed June 8, 1999 and granted August 12, 2009. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 8, 2019.
  • 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 8, 2024.
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FiledJune 8, 1999
PublishedMay 31, 2000
GrantedAugust 12, 2009
Term endedJune 8, 2019
Application numberEP 99923943
Classification (CPC)G01L9/0072 +1 more

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedJune 8, 1999PublishedMay 31, 2000Patent grantedAug 12, 2009Term endedJune 8, 2019

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