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Ceramics-type vacuum vessel and a method of manufacturing thereof

EP 0529665 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LIMITED

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  • Filed August 27, 1992 and granted March 6, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 27, 2012.
  • 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 February 27, 2018.
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FiledAugust 27, 1992
PublishedMarch 3, 1993
GrantedMarch 6, 1996
Term endedAugust 27, 2012
Application numberEP 92114778
Classification (CPC)H05H7/14

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedAug 27, 1992PublishedMarch 3, 1993Patent grantedMarch 6, 1996Term endedAug 27, 2012

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