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Corrosion resistant tantalum pentaoxide coatings

EP 0182767 B1 · Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

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  • Filed November 19, 1985 and granted September 6, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 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 May 19, 2011.
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FiledNovember 19, 1985
PublishedMay 28, 1986
GrantedSeptember 6, 1989
Term endedNovember 19, 2005
Application numberEP 85850371
Classification (CPC)C23C18/1233 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 19, 1985PublishedMay 28, 1986Patent grantedSep 6, 1989Term endedNov 19, 2005

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