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Backflow prevention device

EP 0709527 B1 · Applicant: JUERGEN BAELZ CONTROLS GMBH

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  • Filed October 31, 1994 and granted October 4, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 May 1, 2020.
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FiledOctober 31, 1994
PublishedMay 1, 1996
GrantedOctober 4, 2001
Term endedOctober 31, 2014
Application numberEP 94117162
Classification (CPC)E03C1/108 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 31, 1994PublishedMay 1, 1996Patent grantedOct 4, 2001Term endedOct 31, 2014

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