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Low pressure non-fragmenting rupture disks

EP 0442199 B1 · Applicant: BS & B SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.

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  • Filed November 12, 1990 and granted February 8, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 12, 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 May 12, 2016.
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FiledNovember 12, 1990
PublishedAugust 21, 1991
GrantedFebruary 8, 1995
Term endedNovember 12, 2010
Application numberEP 90312328
Classification (CPC)F16K17/162

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 12, 1990PublishedAug 21, 1991Patent grantedFeb 8, 1995Term endedNov 12, 2010

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