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Measuring and controlling the flow of flowable materials

EP 1192425 B1 · Applicant: COMALCO ALUMINIUM LIMITED

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  • Filed March 24, 2000 and granted May 23, 2012. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 24, 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 September 24, 2025.
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FiledMarch 24, 2000
PublishedApril 3, 2002
GrantedMay 23, 2012
Term endedMarch 24, 2020
Application numberEP 00912250
Classification (CPC)G01F1/00 +2 more

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