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A decorative quick response sprinkler

EP 0306500 B1 · Applicant: THE RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO., INC.

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  • Filed December 10, 1987 and granted May 6, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 2007.
  • 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 June 10, 2013.
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FiledDecember 10, 1987
PublishedMarch 15, 1989
GrantedMay 6, 1992
Term endedDecember 10, 2007
Application numberEP 88900518
Classification (CPC)A62C37/09

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 10, 1987PublishedMarch 15, 1989Patent grantedMay 6, 1992Term endedDec 10, 2007

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