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EP 0479775 B1 · Applicant: SHOWA ALUMINUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed July 27, 1987 and granted November 8, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2007.
  • 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 January 27, 2013.
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FiledJuly 27, 1987
PublishedApril 8, 1992
GrantedNovember 8, 2000
Term endedJuly 27, 2007
Application numberEP 92200033
Classification (CPC)F28F1/022 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJuly 27, 1987PublishedApril 8, 1992Patent grantedNov 8, 2000Term endedJuly 27, 2007

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