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Apparatus for laser welding pipes and the like

EP 0130799 B1 · Applicant: Integrated Laser Systems Limited

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  • Filed June 28, 1984 and granted August 17, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 28, 2004.
  • 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 December 28, 2009.
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FiledJune 28, 1984
PublishedJanuary 9, 1985
GrantedAugust 17, 1988
Term endedJune 28, 2004
Application numberEP 84304399
Classification (CPC)B23K26/103 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJune 28, 1984PublishedJan 9, 1985Patent grantedAug 17, 1988Term endedJune 28, 2004

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