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Apparatus for the thermal treatment of a padding material formed from fibres with a thermosetting bonding material

EP 0000111 B1 · Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN INDUSTRIES

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  • Filed June 7, 1978 and granted May 13, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 1998.
  • 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 December 7, 2003.
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FiledJune 7, 1978
PublishedDecember 20, 1978
GrantedMay 13, 1981
Term endedJune 7, 1998
Application numberEP 78400014
Classification (CPC)B29C35/06 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedJune 7, 1978PublishedDec 20, 1978Patent grantedMay 13, 1981Term endedJune 7, 1998

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