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Method of and apparatus for providing an underground tunnel

EP 0247799 B1 · Applicant: FLOWMOLE CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 21, 1987 and granted November 23, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 21, 2007.
  • 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 November 21, 2012.
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FiledMay 21, 1987
PublishedDecember 2, 1987
GrantedNovember 23, 1989
Term endedMay 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87304537
Classification (CPC)E21B7/18 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMay 21, 1987PublishedDec 2, 1987Patent grantedNov 23, 1989Term endedMay 21, 2007

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