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Method of manufacturing powder compacts

EP 0011981 B1 · Applicant: FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed November 21, 1979 and granted December 14, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 21, 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 May 21, 2005.
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FiledNovember 21, 1979
PublishedJune 11, 1980
GrantedDecember 14, 1983
Term endedNovember 21, 1999
Application numberEP 79302649
Classification (CPC)C22C33/0207 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedNov 21, 1979PublishedJune 11, 1980Patent grantedDec 14, 1983Term endedNov 21, 1999

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