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Plugging apparatus for heat exchanger

EP 0477572 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed August 28, 1991 and granted June 9, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 28, 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 28, 2017.
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FiledAugust 28, 1991
PublishedApril 1, 1992
GrantedJune 9, 1993
Term endedAugust 28, 2011
Application numberEP 91114468
Classification (CPC)F28F11/02 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 28, 1991PublishedApril 1, 1992Patent grantedJune 9, 1993Term endedAug 28, 2011

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