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Coin testing assembly for electronic parking lot meters

EP 0001976 B1 · Applicant: Mannesmann Kienzle GmbH

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  • Filed September 29, 1978 and granted June 17, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 29, 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 March 29, 2004.
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FiledSeptember 29, 1978
PublishedMay 30, 1979
GrantedJune 17, 1981
Term endedSeptember 29, 1998
Application numberEP 78101027
Classification (CPC)G07F17/24 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedSep 29, 1978PublishedMay 30, 1979Patent grantedJune 17, 1981Term endedSep 29, 1998

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