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Ceramic base and process for its production

EP 0309593 B1 · Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

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  • Filed April 16, 1988 and granted March 10, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 16, 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 16, 2013.
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FiledApril 16, 1988
PublishedApril 5, 1989
GrantedMarch 10, 1993
Term endedApril 16, 2008
Application numberEP 88903382
Classification (CPC)C04B41/009 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 16, 1988PublishedApril 5, 1989Patent grantedMarch 10, 1993Term endedApril 16, 2008

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