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Ceramic discharge vessel and method of manufacture

EP 0697137 B1 · Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

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  • Filed February 4, 1994 and granted April 23, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 4, 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 August 4, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 4, 1994
PublishedFebruary 21, 1996
GrantedApril 23, 1997
Term endedFebruary 4, 2014
Application numberEP 94906222
Classification (CPC)H01J61/827 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 4, 1994PublishedFeb 21, 1996Patent grantedApril 23, 1997Term endedFeb 4, 2014

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