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A method for bonding ceramics to a metal

EP 0197397 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed March 21, 1986 and granted June 19, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2006.
  • 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 September 21, 2011.
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FiledMarch 21, 1986
PublishedOctober 15, 1986
GrantedJune 19, 1991
Term endedMarch 21, 2006
Application numberEP 86103915
Classification (CPC)C04B37/006 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 21, 1986PublishedOct 15, 1986Patent grantedJune 19, 1991Term endedMarch 21, 2006

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