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Device for permanently supplying water to plants

EP 0052601 B1 · Applicant: IPACO, International Patent and Construction Company, reg.Trust

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  • Filed May 27, 1980 and granted May 15, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 27, 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 November 27, 2005.
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FiledMay 27, 1980
PublishedJune 2, 1982
GrantedMay 15, 1985
Term endedMay 27, 2000
Application numberEP 80901008
Classification (CPC)A01G27/005

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMay 27, 1980PublishedJune 2, 1982Patent grantedMay 15, 1985Term endedMay 27, 2000

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