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Method of producing low-expansion ceramic materials

EP 0037868 B1 · Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

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  • Filed June 19, 1980 and granted July 20, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 19, 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 19, 2005.
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FiledJune 19, 1980
PublishedOctober 21, 1981
GrantedJuly 20, 1983
Term endedJune 19, 2000
Application numberEP 80302079
Classification (CPC)C04B35/195 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJune 19, 1980PublishedOct 21, 1981Patent grantedJuly 20, 1983Term endedJune 19, 2000

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