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Method of and apparatus for manufacturing thin glass plates

EP 0360864 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY., LTD.

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  • Filed February 22, 1988 and granted October 27, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 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 August 22, 2013.
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FiledFebruary 22, 1988
PublishedApril 4, 1990
GrantedOctober 27, 1993
Term endedFebruary 22, 2008
Application numberEP 88901935
Classification (CPC)C03B23/037 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedFeb 22, 1988PublishedApril 4, 1990Patent grantedOct 27, 1993Term endedFeb 22, 2008

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