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Apparatus for measuring temperatures inside process vessels containing a hostile environment

EP 0501049 B1 · Applicant: TEXACO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 26, 1991 and granted May 11, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 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 August 26, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 26, 1991
PublishedSeptember 2, 1992
GrantedMay 11, 1994
Term endedFebruary 26, 2011
Application numberEP 91301514
Classification (CPC)G01J5/02 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 26, 1991PublishedSep 2, 1992Patent grantedMay 11, 1994Term endedFeb 26, 2011

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