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Vitreous silica

EP 0335875 B1 · Applicant: TSL GROUP PLC

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  • Filed November 19, 1987 and granted August 4, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 2007.
  • 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 19, 2013.
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FiledNovember 19, 1987
PublishedOctober 11, 1989
GrantedAugust 4, 1993
Term endedNovember 19, 2007
Application numberEP 87907437
Classification (CPC)C03C1/00 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedNov 19, 1987PublishedOct 11, 1989Patent grantedAug 4, 1993Term endedNov 19, 2007

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