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Furrow forming apparatus for a seed planter

EP 0052641 B1 · Applicant: INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY

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  • Filed April 15, 1981 and granted January 16, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 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 October 15, 2006.
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FiledApril 15, 1981
PublishedJune 2, 1982
GrantedJanuary 16, 1985
Term endedApril 15, 2001
Application numberEP 81901628
Classification (CPC)A01C5/06 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedApril 15, 1981PublishedJune 2, 1982Patent grantedJan 16, 1985Term endedApril 15, 2001

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