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Crop collecting apparatus

EP 0042847 B1 · Applicant: MASSEY-FERGUSON SERVICES N.V.

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  • Filed December 19, 1980 and granted December 27, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 19, 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 June 19, 2006.
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FiledDecember 19, 1980
PublishedJanuary 6, 1982
GrantedDecember 27, 1984
Term endedDecember 19, 2000
Application numberEP 81900071
Classification (CPC)A01D41/141

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedDec 19, 1980PublishedJan 6, 1982Patent grantedDec 27, 1984Term endedDec 19, 2000

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