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Device for releasably connecting tubes in line

EP 0008995 B1 · Applicant: UGINE SAVOIE

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  • Filed August 27, 1979 and granted October 6, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 27, 2005.
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FiledAugust 27, 1979
PublishedMarch 19, 1980
GrantedOctober 6, 1982
Term endedAugust 27, 1999
Application numberEP 79420040
Classification (CPC)F16D1/101

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedAug 27, 1979PublishedMarch 19, 1980Patent grantedOct 6, 1982Term endedAug 27, 1999

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