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EP3459260A4 - REVERSIBLE MEASURING DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS - Google Patents

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EP3459260A4
EP3459260A4 EP17816218.6A EP17816218A EP3459260A4 EP 3459260 A4 EP3459260 A4 EP 3459260A4 EP 17816218 A EP17816218 A EP 17816218A EP 3459260 A4 EP3459260 A4 EP 3459260A4
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measuring device
related methods
reversible measuring
reversible
methods
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French (fr)
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EP3459260A1 (en
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Timothy Scott Cooper
James Joseph Vitt
Douglas Brent Turnbow
Christen V. Nielsen
Marko Usaj
Andrej BARBIS
Saso VRANEK
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Nielsen Co US LLC
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Priority claimed from US15/192,539 external-priority patent/US10405036B2/en
Priority claimed from US15/192,560 external-priority patent/US9984380B2/en
Priority claimed from US15/192,554 external-priority patent/US10178433B2/en
Application filed by Nielsen Co US LLC filed Critical Nielsen Co US LLC
Priority to EP21191657.2A priority Critical patent/EP3929533B1/en
Priority to EP21161878.0A priority patent/EP3851792A1/en
Priority to EP18215594.5A priority patent/EP3492863B1/en
Priority to EP18215638.0A priority patent/EP3499185B1/en
Publication of EP3459260A1 publication Critical patent/EP3459260A1/en
Publication of EP3459260A4 publication Critical patent/EP3459260A4/en
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Priority Applications (4)

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EP21191657.2A EP3929533B1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
EP21161878.0A EP3851792A1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
EP18215594.5A EP3492863B1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
EP18215638.0A EP3499185B1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods

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US15/192,539 US10405036B2 (en) 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
US15/192,560 US9984380B2 (en) 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 Metering apparatus and related methods
US15/192,554 US10178433B2 (en) 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
PCT/US2017/038784 WO2017223333A1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods

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EP18215594.5A Division-Into EP3492863B1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
EP21161878.0A Division EP3851792A1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
EP21191657.2A Division EP3929533B1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
EP18215638.0A Division EP3499185B1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
EP18215638.0A Division-Into EP3499185B1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods

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EP21161878.0A Withdrawn EP3851792A1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
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CA3125864A1 (en) 2017-12-28
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EP3929533B1 (en) 2025-10-15
CA3125871C (en) 2024-06-11
CA3028702A1 (en) 2017-12-28
EP3851792A1 (en) 2021-07-21
EP3499185A1 (en) 2019-06-19
CN109417646B (en) 2022-11-18
WO2017223333A1 (en) 2017-12-28
CA3125871A1 (en) 2017-12-28
CA3028702C (en) 2023-08-08
CN109417646A (en) 2019-03-01
EP3929533A1 (en) 2021-12-29
EP3499185B1 (en) 2021-04-14
EP3459260A1 (en) 2019-03-27

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