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Locking device for an infinitely variable headrest of a seat or chair

EP 0010706 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 19, 1979 and granted April 13, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2005.
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FiledOctober 19, 1979
PublishedMay 14, 1980
GrantedApril 13, 1983
Term endedOctober 19, 1999
Application numberEP 79104066
Classification (CPC)A61G15/125

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedOct 19, 1979PublishedMay 14, 1980Patent grantedApril 13, 1983Term endedOct 19, 1999

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