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Device for controlling flow

EP 0477344 B1 · Applicant: PERRIER, René

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  • Filed April 10, 1991 and granted July 12, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 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 October 10, 2016.
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FiledApril 10, 1991
PublishedApril 1, 1992
GrantedJuly 12, 1995
Term endedApril 10, 2011
Application numberEP 91908256
Classification (CPC)F16K27/02 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 10, 1991PublishedApril 1, 1992Patent grantedJuly 12, 1995Term endedApril 10, 2011

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