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Pile fabric

EP 0030566 B1 · Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed December 1, 1979 and granted July 30, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 1, 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 June 1, 2005.
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FiledDecember 1, 1979
PublishedJune 24, 1981
GrantedJuly 30, 1986
Term endedDecember 1, 1999
Application numberEP 79104797
Classification (CPC)D04H1/4334 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedDec 1, 1979PublishedJune 24, 1981Patent grantedJuly 30, 1986Term endedDec 1, 1999

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