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Electromagnetic valve for the flow control of a fluid in a pipe

EP 0404618 B1 · Applicant: DELOT PROCESS S.A.

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  • Filed May 31, 1990 and granted December 15, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 31, 2010.
  • 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 December 1, 2015.
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FiledMay 31, 1990
PublishedDecember 27, 1990
GrantedDecember 15, 1993
Term endedMay 31, 2010
Application numberEP 90401466
Classification (CPC)F16K31/06

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 31, 1990PublishedDec 27, 1990Patent grantedDec 15, 1993Term endedMay 31, 2010

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