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Apparatus for distributing pulverized or granular material, notably for a sowing machine or an agricultural spreader

EP 0008553 B1 · Applicant: NODET-GOUGIS Société anonyme dite:

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  • Filed August 3, 1979 and granted November 4, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 3, 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 3, 2005.
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FiledAugust 3, 1979
PublishedMarch 5, 1980
GrantedNovember 4, 1981
Term endedAugust 3, 1999
Application numberEP 79400554
Classification (CPC)A01C7/084

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedAug 3, 1979PublishedMarch 5, 1980Patent grantedNov 4, 1981Term endedAug 3, 1999

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