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Three-terminal controller for fiber glass bushing

EP 0201697 B1 · Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed March 22, 1986 and granted December 27, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 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 22, 2011.
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FiledMarch 22, 1986
PublishedNovember 20, 1986
GrantedDecember 27, 1989
Term endedMarch 22, 2006
Application numberEP 86103938
Classification (CPC)C03B37/07 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 22, 1986PublishedNov 20, 1986Patent grantedDec 27, 1989Term endedMarch 22, 2006

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