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EP 0506142 B1 · Applicant: British Gas plc

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  • Filed December 22, 1989 and granted June 12, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 22, 2009.
  • 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 June 22, 2015.
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FiledDecember 22, 1989
PublishedSeptember 30, 1992
GrantedJune 12, 1996
Term endedDecember 22, 2009
Application numberEP 92105889
Classification (CPC)F16L7/02 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 22, 1989PublishedSep 30, 1992Patent grantedJune 12, 1996Term endedDec 22, 2009

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