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Sheathed probes for tissue type recognition

EP 1092385 B1 · Applicant: POLARTECHNICS LTD

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  • Filed August 19, 1997 and granted October 10, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 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 February 19, 2023.
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FiledAugust 19, 1997
PublishedApril 18, 2001
GrantedOctober 10, 2007
Term endedAugust 19, 2017
Application numberEP 00127569
Classification (CPC)A61B5/0084 +1 more

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