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Spinnerets for the production of hollow fibers having curved spacing members projecting therefrom

EP 0341978 B1 · Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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  • Filed May 9, 1989 and granted July 20, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 9, 2009.
  • 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 November 9, 2014.
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FiledMay 9, 1989
PublishedNovember 15, 1989
GrantedJuly 20, 1994
Term endedMay 9, 2009
Application numberEP 89304677
Classification (CPC)D01D5/24

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 9, 1989PublishedNov 15, 1989Patent grantedJuly 20, 1994Term endedMay 9, 2009

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