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Oil-filled electric cable installations

EP 0004157 B1 · Applicant: BICC Public Limited Company

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  • Filed February 27, 1979 and granted March 31, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 27, 1999.
  • 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 August 27, 2004.
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FiledFebruary 27, 1979
PublishedSeptember 19, 1979
GrantedMarch 31, 1982
Term endedFebruary 27, 1999
Application numberEP 79300298
Classification (CPC)H02G15/26

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedFeb 27, 1979PublishedSep 19, 1979Patent grantedMarch 31, 1982Term endedFeb 27, 1999

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