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Abrasive compacts and method of making them

EP 0114497 B1 · Applicant: DE BEERS INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND DIVISION (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED

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  • Filed December 20, 1983 and granted May 11, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 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 June 20, 2009.
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FiledDecember 20, 1983
PublishedAugust 1, 1984
GrantedMay 11, 1988
Term endedDecember 20, 2003
Application numberEP 83307766
Classification (CPC)B24D3/008 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 20, 1983PublishedAug 1, 1984Patent grantedMay 11, 1988Term endedDec 20, 2003

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