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EP 0120867 B1 · Applicant: THE BRITISH HYDROMECHANICS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

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  • Filed April 26, 1983 and granted June 24, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 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 October 26, 2008.
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FiledApril 26, 1983
PublishedOctober 10, 1984
GrantedJune 24, 1987
Term endedApril 26, 2003
Application numberEP 83901334
Classification (CPC)A62C31/24

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedApril 26, 1983PublishedOct 10, 1984Patent grantedJune 24, 1987Term endedApril 26, 2003

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