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Displacement-current method and apparatus for resolving presence, orientation and activity in a defined space

EP 1012530 B1 · Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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  • Filed February 18, 1997 and granted December 18, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 18, 2017.
  • 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 August 18, 2022.
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FiledFebruary 18, 1997
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedDecember 18, 2002
Term endedFebruary 18, 2017
Application numberEP 97906621
Classification (CPC)B60N2/0026 +2 more

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