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Apparatus for continuously machining helicoidal grooves in a cylindrical object

EP 0002976 B1 · Applicant: LIGNES TELEGRAPHIQUES ET TELEPHONIQUES L.T.T.

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  • Filed December 12, 1978 and granted March 10, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 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 June 12, 2004.
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FiledDecember 12, 1978
PublishedJuly 11, 1979
GrantedMarch 10, 1982
Term endedDecember 12, 1998
Application numberEP 78400233
Classification (CPC)H01B13/06 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedDec 12, 1978PublishedJuly 11, 1979Patent grantedMarch 10, 1982Term endedDec 12, 1998

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