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Rotary web shearing machine

EP 0004697 B1 · Applicant: Martin, Merrill David

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  • Filed January 25, 1979 and granted September 30, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 25, 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 25, 2004.
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FiledJanuary 25, 1979
PublishedOctober 17, 1979
GrantedSeptember 30, 1981
Term endedJanuary 25, 1999
Application numberEP 79300125
Classification (CPC)B23D25/12 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedJan 25, 1979PublishedOct 17, 1979Patent grantedSep 30, 1981Term endedJan 25, 1999

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