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EP 0003137 B1 · Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.

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  • Filed January 12, 1979 and granted December 30, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 12, 1999.
  • 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 July 12, 2004.
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FiledJanuary 12, 1979
PublishedJuly 25, 1979
GrantedDecember 30, 1981
Term endedJanuary 12, 1999
Application numberEP 79100091
Classification (CPC)B25H1/08 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedJan 12, 1979PublishedJuly 25, 1979Patent grantedDec 30, 1981Term endedJan 12, 1999

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