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Bleeder valve assembly

EP 0286375 B1 · Applicant: DAVY MCKEE (STOCKTON) LIMITED

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  • Filed April 6, 1988 and granted April 3, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 6, 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 October 6, 2013.
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FiledApril 6, 1988
PublishedOctober 12, 1988
GrantedApril 3, 1991
Term endedApril 6, 2008
Application numberEP 88303055
Classification (CPC)F16K17/02 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 6, 1988PublishedOct 12, 1988Patent grantedApril 3, 1991Term endedApril 6, 2008

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