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Improvements in or relating to flats for carding machines

EP 0009342 B1 · Applicant: THE ENGLISH CARD CLOTHING COMPANY LIMITED.

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  • Filed August 31, 1979 and granted November 24, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 31, 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 March 3, 2005.
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FiledAugust 31, 1979
PublishedApril 2, 1980
GrantedNovember 24, 1982
Term endedAugust 31, 1999
Application numberEP 79301784
Classification (CPC)D01G15/24

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedAug 31, 1979PublishedApril 2, 1980Patent grantedNov 24, 1982Term endedAug 31, 1999

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