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Stitching device for printing machines

EP 0023985 B1 · Applicant: M.A.N.-ROLAND Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed July 17, 1980 and granted February 15, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 17, 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 January 17, 2006.
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FiledJuly 17, 1980
PublishedFebruary 18, 1981
GrantedFebruary 15, 1984
Term endedJuly 17, 2000
Application numberEP 80104178
Classification (CPC)B42B4/02 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJuly 17, 1980PublishedFeb 18, 1981Patent grantedFeb 15, 1984Term endedJuly 17, 2000

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