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Device for permitting a first length of previously commissioned main to be extended by connecting a second length of main thereto

EP 0308050 B1 · Applicant: British Gas plc

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  • Filed July 25, 1988 and granted December 11, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 25, 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 January 25, 2014.
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FiledJuly 25, 1988
PublishedMarch 22, 1989
GrantedDecember 11, 1991
Term endedJuly 25, 2008
Application numberEP 88306799
Classification (CPC)F16L1/024

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJuly 25, 1988PublishedMarch 22, 1989Patent grantedDec 11, 1991Term endedJuly 25, 2008

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