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Microfabricated transducer and method for making the same

EP 1188348 B1 · Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

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  • Filed June 12, 2000 and granted August 20, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 12, 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 December 12, 2025.
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FiledJune 12, 2000
PublishedMarch 20, 2002
GrantedAugust 20, 2008
Term endedJune 12, 2020
Application numberEP 00941357
Classification (CPC)B06B1/0292

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