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Method of an arrangement for introducing dosing material into the envelope of a gas discharge lamp

EP 0004750 B1 · Applicant: THORN EMI PLC

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  • Filed March 29, 1979 and granted August 25, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 September 29, 2004.
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FiledMarch 29, 1979
PublishedOctober 17, 1979
GrantedAugust 25, 1982
Term endedMarch 29, 1999
Application numberEP 79300518
Classification (CPC)H01J9/395

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMarch 29, 1979PublishedOct 17, 1979Patent grantedAug 25, 1982Term endedMarch 29, 1999

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