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Pressure controlled tool for servicing operations in a pipeline

EP 0338165 B1 · Applicant: Cooper Industries Inc.

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  • Filed December 21, 1988 and granted October 28, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2014.
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FiledDecember 21, 1988
PublishedOctober 25, 1989
GrantedOctober 28, 1992
Term endedDecember 21, 2008
Application numberEP 88312138
Classification (CPC)E21B29/00 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 21, 1988PublishedOct 25, 1989Patent grantedOct 28, 1992Term endedDec 21, 2008

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