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Superconducting composite

EP 0290331 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED

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  • Filed May 2, 1988 and granted March 5, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 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 November 2, 2013.
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FiledMay 2, 1988
PublishedNovember 9, 1988
GrantedMarch 5, 1997
Term endedMay 2, 2008
Application numberEP 88401064
Classification (CPC)H10N60/203 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMay 2, 1988PublishedNov 9, 1988Patent grantedMarch 5, 1997Term endedMay 2, 2008

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