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Method for producing powder of alpha-silicon nitride

EP 0015422 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed February 14, 1980 and granted October 20, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 2000.
  • 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 14, 2005.
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FiledFebruary 14, 1980
PublishedSeptember 17, 1980
GrantedOctober 20, 1982
Term endedFebruary 14, 2000
Application numberEP 80100759
Classification (CPC)C04B35/584 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedFeb 14, 1980PublishedSep 17, 1980Patent grantedOct 20, 1982Term endedFeb 14, 2000

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