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Thermally stable flame retardant reflective trim

EP 0171900 B1 · Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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  • Filed June 26, 1985 and granted August 16, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 26, 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 December 26, 2010.
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FiledJune 26, 1985
PublishedFebruary 19, 1986
GrantedAugust 16, 1989
Term endedJune 26, 2005
Application numberEP 85304568
Classification (CPC)A62B17/003 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJune 26, 1985PublishedFeb 19, 1986Patent grantedAug 16, 1989Term endedJune 26, 2005

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