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Automatic tool changer with internal tool storage magazine

EP 0050797 B1 · Applicant: KEARNEY & TRECKER CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 14, 1981 and granted April 1, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 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 April 14, 2007.
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FiledOctober 14, 1981
PublishedMay 5, 1982
GrantedApril 1, 1987
Term endedOctober 14, 2001
Application numberEP 81108320
Classification (CPC)B23Q3/15706 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 14, 1981PublishedMay 5, 1982Patent grantedApril 1, 1987Term endedOct 14, 2001

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