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Electric knife

EP 0005261 B1 · Applicant: MOULINEX S.A.

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  • Filed May 2, 1979 and granted July 1, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 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 November 2, 2004.
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FiledMay 2, 1979
PublishedNovember 14, 1979
GrantedJuly 1, 1981
Term endedMay 2, 1999
Application numberEP 79101326
Classification (CPC)B26B7/005

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMay 2, 1979PublishedNov 14, 1979Patent grantedJuly 1, 1981Term endedMay 2, 1999

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