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Test ink for application to a work piece for the determination of its surface characteristics

EP 1199563 B1 · Applicant: Hill GmbH

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  • Filed October 16, 2001 and granted March 29, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 2021.
  • Supplementary protection certificates extend only medicine and crop-protection patents, and it isn't classified as either.
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FiledOctober 16, 2001
PublishedApril 24, 2002
GrantedMarch 29, 2006
Term endedOctober 16, 2021
Application numberEP 01124685
Classification (CPC)G01N13/02

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