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High-temperature fuel cell with improved solid electrolyte/electrode contact surface, and method of producing the contact surface

EP 0696386 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed April 18, 1994 and granted June 25, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 18, 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 October 18, 2019.
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FiledApril 18, 1994
PublishedFebruary 14, 1996
GrantedJune 25, 1997
Term endedApril 18, 2014
Application numberEP 94912465
Classification (CPC)H01M8/1213

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 18, 1994PublishedFeb 14, 1996Patent grantedJune 25, 1997Term endedApril 18, 2014

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