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Method of making ceramic silicon carbide articles

EP 0662462 B1 · Applicant: Hoechst CeramTec Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed January 3, 1995 and granted May 12, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 3, 2015.
  • 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 July 3, 2020.
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FiledJanuary 3, 1995
PublishedJuly 12, 1995
GrantedMay 12, 1999
Term endedJanuary 3, 2015
Application numberEP 95100048
Classification (CPC)C04B35/573

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJan 3, 1995PublishedJuly 12, 1995Patent grantedMay 12, 1999Term endedJan 3, 2015

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