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Silo for vehicles

EP 0040644 B1 · Applicant: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed October 18, 1980 and granted July 13, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 18, 2006.
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FiledOctober 18, 1980
PublishedDecember 2, 1981
GrantedJuly 13, 1983
Term endedOctober 18, 2000
Application numberEP 80106353
Classification (CPC)B65G69/20

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedOct 18, 1980PublishedDec 2, 1981Patent grantedJuly 13, 1983Term endedOct 18, 2000

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