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A sintered ceramic body for a spark plug insulator and method of sintering the same

EP 0482897 B1 · Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD

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  • Filed October 22, 1991 and granted July 6, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 22, 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 22, 2017.
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FiledOctober 22, 1991
PublishedApril 29, 1992
GrantedJuly 6, 1994
Term endedOctober 22, 2011
Application numberEP 91309769
Classification (CPC)C04B35/597 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 22, 1991PublishedApril 29, 1992Patent grantedJuly 6, 1994Term endedOct 22, 2011

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