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Non-contacting position sensor using bi-polar tapered magnets

EP 1008835 B1 · Applicant: CTS Corporation

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  • Filed October 18, 1999 and granted April 16, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 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 April 18, 2025.
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FiledOctober 18, 1999
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedApril 16, 2003
Term endedOctober 18, 2019
Application numberEP 99308176
Classification (CPC)G01B7/30 +2 more

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