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Device for detachably connecting two elements

EP 0045767 B1 · Applicant: ASTL, Franz

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  • Filed February 12, 1981 and granted January 23, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 12, 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 August 12, 2006.
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FiledFebruary 12, 1981
PublishedFebruary 17, 1982
GrantedJanuary 23, 1985
Term endedFebruary 12, 2001
Application numberEP 81900454
Classification (CPC)F16B2/00 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedFeb 12, 1981PublishedFeb 17, 1982Patent grantedJan 23, 1985Term endedFeb 12, 2001

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