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Diamond sinter, high-pressure phase boron nitride sinter, and processes for producing those sinters

EP 0712941 B1 · Applicant: NISSHIN FLOUR MILLING CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 18, 1994 and granted May 19, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 18, 2020.
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FiledNovember 18, 1994
PublishedMay 22, 1996
GrantedMay 19, 2004
Term endedNovember 18, 2014
Application numberEP 94118222
Classification (CPC)C22C26/00 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 18, 1994PublishedMay 22, 1996Patent grantedMay 19, 2004Term endedNov 18, 2014

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