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Use of silicic acid pellets as fillers for dental materials

EP 0040232 B1 · Applicant: ESPE Stiftung & Co Produktions- und Vertriebs KG

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  • Filed November 21, 1980 and granted November 2, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 21, 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 May 21, 2006.
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FiledNovember 21, 1980
PublishedNovember 25, 1981
GrantedNovember 2, 1983
Term endedNovember 21, 2000
Application numberEP 80902285
Classification (CPC)C09C1/3036 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedNov 21, 1980PublishedNov 25, 1981Patent grantedNov 2, 1983Term endedNov 21, 2000

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