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Resin pipe joint

EP 1046853 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 5, 1998 and granted August 18, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 5, 2018.
  • 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 5, 2024.
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FiledNovember 5, 1998
PublishedOctober 25, 2000
GrantedAugust 18, 2004
Term endedNovember 5, 2018
Application numberEP 98951706
Classification (CPC)F16L47/041 +1 more

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