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Rain water down-pipe section

EP 0277669 B1 · Applicant: RHEINZINK GMBH

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  • Filed January 13, 1988 and granted December 20, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 13, 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 13, 2013.
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FiledJanuary 13, 1988
PublishedAugust 10, 1988
GrantedDecember 20, 1989
Term endedJanuary 13, 2008
Application numberEP 88200033
Classification (CPC)E04D13/08

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJan 13, 1988PublishedAug 10, 1988Patent grantedDec 20, 1989Term endedJan 13, 2008

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