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Production of silicon nitride sintered body

EP 0225087 B1 · Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

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  • Filed November 12, 1986 and granted June 24, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 12, 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 May 12, 2012.
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FiledNovember 12, 1986
PublishedJune 10, 1987
GrantedJune 24, 1992
Term endedNovember 12, 2006
Application numberEP 86308828
Classification (CPC)C04B35/584 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 12, 1986PublishedJune 10, 1987Patent grantedJune 24, 1992Term endedNov 12, 2006

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