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Novel mat structure

EP 0170210 B1 · Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed July 25, 1985 and granted September 18, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 25, 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 January 25, 2011.
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FiledJuly 25, 1985
PublishedFebruary 5, 1986
GrantedSeptember 18, 1991
Term endedJuly 25, 2005
Application numberEP 85109348
Classification (CPC)B01D39/14 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 25, 1985PublishedFeb 5, 1986Patent grantedSep 18, 1991Term endedJuly 25, 2005

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