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Cryostat incorporating thermal coupling and condenser

EP 0021802 B1 · Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.

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  • Filed June 20, 1980 and granted August 19, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 20, 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 December 20, 2005.
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FiledJune 20, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedAugust 19, 1987
Term endedJune 20, 2000
Application numberEP 80302081
Classification (CPC)F17C13/006 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJune 20, 1980PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedAug 19, 1987Term endedJune 20, 2000

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