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Valve assembly for gas cylinder

EP 0688983 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NERIKI

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  • Filed June 14, 1995 and granted December 15, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 14, 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 December 14, 2020.
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FiledJune 14, 1995
PublishedDecember 27, 1995
GrantedDecember 15, 1999
Term endedJune 14, 2015
Application numberEP 95109173
Classification (CPC)F16K1/307 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJune 14, 1995PublishedDec 27, 1995Patent grantedDec 15, 1999Term endedJune 14, 2015

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