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Method of manufacturing zinc oxide sintered compact body

EP 0699641 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 28, 1995 and granted December 8, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 28, 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 February 28, 2021.
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FiledAugust 28, 1995
PublishedMarch 6, 1996
GrantedDecember 8, 1999
Term endedAugust 28, 2015
Application numberEP 95113478
Classification (CPC)C04B35/453 +1 more

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