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EP 0008085 B1 · Applicant: Hainke, Volker

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  • Filed August 2, 1979 and granted September 30, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 2, 2005.
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FiledAugust 2, 1979
PublishedFebruary 20, 1980
GrantedSeptember 30, 1981
Term endedAugust 2, 1999
Application numberEP 79102781
Classification (CPC)F16B13/06

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedAug 2, 1979PublishedFeb 20, 1980Patent grantedSep 30, 1981Term endedAug 2, 1999

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