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Method and composition for the treatment of pipelines

EP 0187396 B1 · Applicant: PUMPTECH N.V.

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  • Filed November 11, 1985 and granted October 18, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 11, 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 11, 2011.
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FiledNovember 11, 1985
PublishedJuly 16, 1986
GrantedOctober 18, 1989
Term endedNovember 11, 2005
Application numberEP 85201837
Classification (CPC)B08B9/0555

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 11, 1985PublishedJuly 16, 1986Patent grantedOct 18, 1989Term endedNov 11, 2005

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