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Heat-pressure fusing apparatus

EP 0002230 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed November 22, 1978 and granted October 21, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 22, 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 May 22, 2004.
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FiledNovember 22, 1978
PublishedJune 13, 1979
GrantedOctober 21, 1981
Term endedNovember 22, 1998
Application numberEP 78101429
Classification (CPC)G03G15/2053

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedNov 22, 1978PublishedJune 13, 1979Patent grantedOct 21, 1981Term endedNov 22, 1998

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