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Electrochemical cell having a safety vent closure and method for assembling same

EP 0049080 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 22, 1981 and granted May 21, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 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 22, 2007.
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FiledSeptember 22, 1981
PublishedApril 7, 1982
GrantedMay 21, 1986
Term endedSeptember 22, 2001
Application numberEP 81304336
Classification (CPC)H01M50/342

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedSep 22, 1981PublishedApril 7, 1982Patent grantedMay 21, 1986Term endedSep 22, 2001

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