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Warning device for buried conduits

EP 0314589 B1 · Applicant: PLYMOUTH FRANCAISE

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  • Filed October 27, 1988 and granted January 7, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 27, 2014.
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FiledOctober 27, 1988
PublishedMay 3, 1989
GrantedJanuary 7, 1993
Term endedOctober 27, 2008
Application numberEP 88420369
Classification (CPC)H02G9/025

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 27, 1988PublishedMay 3, 1989Patent grantedJan 7, 1993Term endedOct 27, 2008

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