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Method for optimizing fat suppression using the chemical shift selective MR imaging technique

EP 1022576 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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  • Filed January 21, 2000 and granted November 23, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 21, 2020.
  • 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 July 21, 2025.
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FiledJanuary 21, 2000
PublishedJuly 26, 2000
GrantedNovember 23, 2005
Term endedJanuary 21, 2020
Application numberEP 00300464
Classification (CPC)G01R33/4828

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