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EP 0524331 B1 · Applicant: Siemens Solar GmbH

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  • Filed July 22, 1991 and granted July 6, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 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 January 22, 2017.
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FiledJuly 22, 1991
PublishedJanuary 27, 1993
GrantedJuly 6, 1994
Term endedJuly 22, 2011
Application numberEP 91112280
Classification (CPC)B23K3/08

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 22, 1991PublishedJan 27, 1993Patent grantedJuly 6, 1994Term endedJuly 22, 2011

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