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Process for producing rinsing blocks for the hygiene of water-closets

EP 0014979 B1 · Applicant: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien

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  • Filed February 18, 1980 and granted November 25, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 18, 2000.
  • 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 August 18, 2005.
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FiledFebruary 18, 1980
PublishedSeptember 3, 1980
GrantedNovember 25, 1981
Term endedFebruary 18, 2000
Application numberEP 80100804
Classification (CPC)C11D3/48 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedFeb 18, 1980PublishedSep 3, 1980Patent grantedNov 25, 1981Term endedFeb 18, 2000

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