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Drill, drilling method and extraction of hot water

EP 1181433 B1 · Applicant: Limbeck, Achim

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  • Filed May 29, 2000 and granted November 23, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 29, 2020.
  • 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 November 29, 2025.
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FiledMay 29, 2000
PublishedFebruary 27, 2002
GrantedNovember 23, 2005
Term endedMay 29, 2020
Application numberEP 00947764
Classification (CPC)E21B7/002 +2 more

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