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Failed fuel detection apparatus

EP 0084409 B1 · Applicant: UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY

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  • Filed January 5, 1983 and granted May 7, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 5, 2003.
  • 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 5, 2008.
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FiledJanuary 5, 1983
PublishedJuly 27, 1983
GrantedMay 7, 1986
Term endedJanuary 5, 2003
Application numberEP 83300032
Classification (CPC)G21C17/07 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJan 5, 1983PublishedJuly 27, 1983Patent grantedMay 7, 1986Term endedJan 5, 2003

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