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Coupling for butt-joining tubes

EP 0360946 B1 · Applicant: Levivier, Yves

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  • Filed October 21, 1988 and granted January 2, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 21, 2014.
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FiledOctober 21, 1988
PublishedApril 4, 1990
GrantedJanuary 2, 1992
Term endedOctober 21, 2008
Application numberEP 88402660
Classification (CPC)F16L21/08 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 21, 1988PublishedApril 4, 1990Patent grantedJan 2, 1992Term endedOct 21, 2008

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