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Method and apparatus for determining angular displacement, surface translation, and twist

EP 1019668 B1 · Applicant: FORSKNINGSCENTER RISO

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  • Filed May 15, 1998 and granted July 31, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 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 November 15, 2023.
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FiledMay 15, 1998
PublishedJuly 19, 2000
GrantedJuly 31, 2002
Term endedMay 15, 2018
Application numberEP 98921364
Classification (CPC)G01B11/162 +1 more

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