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Mass flowmeter

EP 0038839 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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  • Filed October 10, 1980 and granted January 15, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 10, 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 April 10, 2006.
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FiledOctober 10, 1980
PublishedNovember 4, 1981
GrantedJanuary 15, 1986
Term endedOctober 10, 2000
Application numberEP 80902209
Classification (CPC)G01F1/82

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedOct 10, 1980PublishedNov 4, 1981Patent grantedJan 15, 1986Term endedOct 10, 2000

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