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Marking fluorocarbon surfaces

EP 0321091 B1 · Applicant: BICC Public Limited Company

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  • Filed November 11, 1988 and granted May 26, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 11, 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 May 11, 2014.
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FiledNovember 11, 1988
PublishedJune 21, 1989
GrantedMay 26, 1993
Term endedNovember 11, 2008
Application numberEP 88310668
Classification (CPC)C08J7/0427 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 11, 1988PublishedJune 21, 1989Patent grantedMay 26, 1993Term endedNov 11, 2008

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