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Method of and apparatus for collating sheets

EP 0002317 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed November 1, 1978 and granted December 10, 1980. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 1, 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 1, 2004.
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FiledNovember 1, 1978
PublishedJune 13, 1979
GrantedDecember 10, 1980
Term endedNovember 1, 1998
Application numberEP 78300575
Classification (CPC)B65H31/24 +1 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedNov 1, 1978PublishedJune 13, 1979Patent grantedDec 10, 1980Term endedNov 1, 1998

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