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Method for improving durability of mirrors utilizing radiation curable coatings

EP 0272572 B1 · Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed December 12, 1987 and granted April 17, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 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 June 12, 2013.
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FiledDecember 12, 1987
PublishedJune 29, 1988
GrantedApril 17, 1991
Term endedDecember 12, 2007
Application numberEP 87118458
Classification (CPC)G02B5/0808 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 12, 1987PublishedJune 29, 1988Patent grantedApril 17, 1991Term endedDec 12, 2007

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