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Automatic thread tapping device for a mechanical press

EP 0054479 B1 · Applicant: CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES

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  • Filed December 9, 1981 and granted April 24, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 9, 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 June 9, 2007.
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FiledDecember 9, 1981
PublishedJune 23, 1982
GrantedApril 24, 1985
Term endedDecember 9, 2001
Application numberEP 81401961
Classification (CPC)B23G3/005

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 9, 1981PublishedJune 23, 1982Patent grantedApril 24, 1985Term endedDec 9, 2001

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