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Device for joining the coaxial ends of two pipes without mandrels together

EP 0288993 B1 · Applicant: Eisenwerke Fried.Wilh. Düker GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed April 27, 1988 and granted August 8, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 27, 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 27, 2013.
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FiledApril 27, 1988
PublishedNovember 2, 1988
GrantedAugust 8, 1990
Term endedApril 27, 2008
Application numberEP 88106736
Classification (CPC)F16L21/005

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 27, 1988PublishedNov 2, 1988Patent grantedAug 8, 1990Term endedApril 27, 2008

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