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EP 0331690 B1 · Applicant: Hartleif Metalldecken GmbH

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  • Filed August 17, 1988 and granted November 21, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 17, 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 February 17, 2014.
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FiledAugust 17, 1988
PublishedSeptember 13, 1989
GrantedNovember 21, 1991
Term endedAugust 17, 2008
Application numberEP 88907303
Classification (CPC)E04B9/30 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 17, 1988PublishedSep 13, 1989Patent grantedNov 21, 1991Term endedAug 17, 2008

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