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Device for monitoring the production process of cables

EP 0052698 B1 · Applicant: WIENER KABEL- UND METALLWERKE Gesellschaft m.b.H.

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  • Filed August 18, 1981 and granted December 23, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 18, 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 February 18, 2007.
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FiledAugust 18, 1981
PublishedJune 2, 1982
GrantedDecember 23, 1987
Term endedAugust 18, 2001
Application numberEP 81106414
Classification (CPC)G01B17/025 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedAug 18, 1981PublishedJune 2, 1982Patent grantedDec 23, 1987Term endedAug 18, 2001

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