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Distributor for a precision seed drill

EP 0037337 B1 · Applicant: Société SOGEFINA Société de Gestion Financière Armoricaine (Société Anonyme)

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  • Filed March 27, 1981 and granted June 19, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 27, 2001.
  • 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 September 27, 2006.
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FiledMarch 27, 1981
PublishedOctober 7, 1981
GrantedJune 19, 1985
Term endedMarch 27, 2001
Application numberEP 81400498
Classification (CPC)A01C7/081 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMarch 27, 1981PublishedOct 7, 1981Patent grantedJune 19, 1985Term endedMarch 27, 2001

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