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Method of reconstructing an underground pipeline

EP 0260341 B1 · Applicant: Müller, Hans

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  • Filed September 19, 1986 and granted December 27, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 19, 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 March 19, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 19, 1986
PublishedMarch 23, 1988
GrantedDecember 27, 1989
Term endedSeptember 19, 2006
Application numberEP 86112967
Classification (CPC)F16L55/1651

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedSep 19, 1986PublishedMarch 23, 1988Patent grantedDec 27, 1989Term endedSep 19, 2006

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