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Cross-grooved banded drive belt

EP 0050174 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBOSHI BELTING LTD.

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  • Filed October 21, 1980 and granted May 8, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 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 21, 2006.
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FiledOctober 21, 1980
PublishedApril 28, 1982
GrantedMay 8, 1985
Term endedOctober 21, 2000
Application numberEP 80303718
Classification (CPC)F16G5/20 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedOct 21, 1980PublishedApril 28, 1982Patent grantedMay 8, 1985Term endedOct 21, 2000

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