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Single coat fluorocarbon protective coatings providing the appearance of anodized aluminum

EP 0275944 B1 · Applicant: THE VALSPAR CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 16, 1988 and granted March 3, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 16, 2008.
  • 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 July 16, 2013.
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FiledJanuary 16, 1988
PublishedJuly 27, 1988
GrantedMarch 3, 1993
Term endedJanuary 16, 2008
Application numberEP 88100548
Classification (CPC)C09D127/16

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJan 16, 1988PublishedJuly 27, 1988Patent grantedMarch 3, 1993Term endedJan 16, 2008

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