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Portable toilet with improved flush apparatus

EP 0009405 B1 · Applicant: THETFORD CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 20, 1979 and granted February 9, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 20, 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 March 20, 2005.
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FiledSeptember 20, 1979
PublishedApril 2, 1980
GrantedFebruary 9, 1983
Term endedSeptember 20, 1999
Application numberEP 79301958
Classification (CPC)E03D5/10 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedSep 20, 1979PublishedApril 2, 1980Patent grantedFeb 9, 1983Term endedSep 20, 1999

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