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Plate brick cartridge for slide valve device and slide valve device using the cartridge

EP 0577834 B1 · Applicant: SHINAGAWA REFRACTORIES CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 23, 1992 and granted May 19, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 23, 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 September 23, 2017.
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FiledMarch 23, 1992
PublishedJanuary 12, 1994
GrantedMay 19, 1999
Term endedMarch 23, 2012
Application numberEP 92906926
Classification (CPC)B22D41/34

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 23, 1992PublishedJan 12, 1994Patent grantedMay 19, 1999Term endedMarch 23, 2012

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