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Process and apparatus for treating electrically conductive matrices and products produced by the process

EP 0056331 B1 · Applicant: METAFUSE LIMITED

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  • Filed January 12, 1982 and granted April 15, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 12, 2002.
  • 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 July 12, 2007.
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FiledJanuary 12, 1982
PublishedJuly 21, 1982
GrantedApril 15, 1987
Term endedJanuary 12, 2002
Application numberEP 82300138
Classification (CPC)C25D5/18 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJan 12, 1982PublishedJuly 21, 1982Patent grantedApril 15, 1987Term endedJan 12, 2002

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