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Fluid flow meter

EP 0681685 B1 · Applicant: G. Kromschröder Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed January 27, 1994 and granted March 31, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 27, 2014.
  • 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 27, 2019.
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FiledJanuary 27, 1994
PublishedNovember 15, 1995
GrantedMarch 31, 1999
Term endedJanuary 27, 2014
Application numberEP 94904726
Classification (CPC)G01F1/662 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJan 27, 1994PublishedNov 15, 1995Patent grantedMarch 31, 1999Term endedJan 27, 2014

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