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Staple fibre cutting machine

EP 0026258 B1 · Applicant: Neumünstersche Maschinen- und Apparatebau Gesellschaft mbH (NEUMAG)

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  • Filed May 24, 1980 and granted July 20, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 24, 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 November 24, 2005.
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FiledMay 24, 1980
PublishedApril 8, 1981
GrantedJuly 20, 1983
Term endedMay 24, 2000
Application numberEP 80102911
Classification (CPC)D01G1/04

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMay 24, 1980PublishedApril 8, 1981Patent grantedJuly 20, 1983Term endedMay 24, 2000

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