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Porous structure for fluid contact

EP 0154516 B1 · Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

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  • Filed February 27, 1985 and granted August 23, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 27, 2005.
  • 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 August 27, 2010.
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FiledFebruary 27, 1985
PublishedSeptember 11, 1985
GrantedAugust 23, 1989
Term endedFebruary 27, 2005
Application numberEP 85301365
Classification (CPC)B01J19/32 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedFeb 27, 1985PublishedSep 11, 1985Patent grantedAug 23, 1989Term endedFeb 27, 2005

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