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A device for preventing the risk of fire due to burning or glowing particles in a pipeline

EP 0248053 B1 · Applicant: FIREFLY AB

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  • Filed November 24, 1986 and granted September 19, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 24, 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 24, 2012.
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FiledNovember 24, 1986
PublishedDecember 9, 1987
GrantedSeptember 19, 1990
Term endedNovember 24, 2006
Application numberEP 86906999
Classification (CPC)A62C3/04

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 24, 1986PublishedDec 9, 1987Patent grantedSep 19, 1990Term endedNov 24, 2006

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