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Mechanical shaker assembly for continuous harvesting of fruit

EP 0010203 B1 · Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as represented by the Secretary United States Department of Commerce

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  • Filed September 26, 1979 and granted September 19, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 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 26, 2005.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1979
PublishedApril 30, 1980
GrantedSeptember 19, 1984
Term endedSeptember 26, 1999
Application numberEP 79103658
Classification (CPC)A01D46/26

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedSep 26, 1979PublishedApril 30, 1980Patent grantedSep 19, 1984Term endedSep 26, 1999

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