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Material level probe having crimp seal

EP 0706641 B1 · Applicant: DREXELBROOK ENGINEERING COMPANY

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  • Filed May 31, 1994 and granted October 15, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 31, 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 December 1, 2019.
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FiledMay 31, 1994
PublishedApril 17, 1996
GrantedOctober 15, 2003
Term endedMay 31, 2014
Application numberEP 94917495
Classification (CPC)G01F23/268

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 31, 1994PublishedApril 17, 1996Patent grantedOct 15, 2003Term endedMay 31, 2014

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