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Applying thermoplastic sleeve to crush resistant tubing

EP 0136875 B1 · Applicant: STC PLC

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  • Filed September 24, 1984 and granted April 20, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 24, 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 March 24, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 24, 1984
PublishedApril 10, 1985
GrantedApril 20, 1988
Term endedSeptember 24, 2004
Application numberEP 84306490
Classification (CPC)G02B6/4486 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedSep 24, 1984PublishedApril 10, 1985Patent grantedApril 20, 1988Term endedSep 24, 2004

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