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A self-reinforced silicon nitride ceramic body and a method of preparing the same

EP 0471568 B1 · Applicant: THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

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  • Filed August 14, 1991 and granted August 30, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 14, 2011.
  • 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 February 14, 2017.
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FiledAugust 14, 1991
PublishedFebruary 19, 1992
GrantedAugust 30, 1995
Term endedAugust 14, 2011
Application numberEP 91307507
Classification (CPC)C04B35/645 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 14, 1991PublishedFeb 19, 1992Patent grantedAug 30, 1995Term endedAug 14, 2011

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