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Method for coating surfaces with hard materials

EP 0264643 B1 · Applicant: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed September 21, 1987 and granted May 20, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 21, 2013.
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FiledSeptember 21, 1987
PublishedApril 27, 1988
GrantedMay 20, 1992
Term endedSeptember 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87113767
Classification (CPC)C04B41/009 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedSep 21, 1987PublishedApril 27, 1988Patent grantedMay 20, 1992Term endedSep 21, 2007

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