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Dark gray, infrared absorbing glass composition and product

EP 0482535 B1 · Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

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  • Filed October 19, 1991 and granted July 26, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2017.
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FiledOctober 19, 1991
PublishedApril 29, 1992
GrantedJuly 26, 1995
Term endedOctober 19, 2011
Application numberEP 91117860
Classification (CPC)C03C4/02 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 19, 1991PublishedApril 29, 1992Patent grantedJuly 26, 1995Term endedOct 19, 2011

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