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Non-disconnectible pipe joint

EP 0048003 B1 · Applicant: Hackforth GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed September 12, 1981 and granted December 27, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 2001.
  • 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 March 12, 2007.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1981
PublishedMarch 24, 1982
GrantedDecember 27, 1984
Term endedSeptember 12, 2001
Application numberEP 81107202
Classification (CPC)F16L13/146

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedSep 12, 1981PublishedMarch 24, 1982Patent grantedDec 27, 1984Term endedSep 12, 2001

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