Expired Canadian patentCanada
Mail handling machine with mis-sealed envelope detector
CA 2004115 C · Owner: Mcdermott, Francis E. · Inventors: O'Dea, Kevin J.; Mcdermott, Francis E.
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In a mail-handling machine ~or processing mixed mail a, flap-stripper ~or opening the flap of an unsealed envelope is mounted for rotation to intercept and detect a mis-sealed envelope to avoid jamming the machine.
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- Filed November 29, 1989 and granted January 22, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 29, 2011.
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FiledNovember 29, 1989
GrantedJanuary 22, 2002
Term endedNovember 29, 2009
Patent numberCA 2004115 C
Classification (IPC)B43M5/04 +1 more
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