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Partially rigid-partially flexible electro-optical sensor for fingertip transillumination

EP 1017312 B1 · Applicant: Perdue Holdings, Inc.

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  • Filed May 28, 1999 and granted September 21, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 28, 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 November 28, 2024.
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FiledMay 28, 1999
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedSeptember 21, 2005
Term endedMay 28, 2019
Application numberEP 99928569
Classification (CPC)A61B5/6838 +2 more

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