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EP 0055063 B1 · Applicant: DAVY McKEE (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED

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  • Filed December 14, 1981 and granted October 30, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 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 June 14, 2007.
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FiledDecember 14, 1981
PublishedJune 30, 1982
GrantedOctober 30, 1985
Term endedDecember 14, 2001
Application numberEP 81305875
Classification (CPC)B23D15/08

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 14, 1981PublishedJune 30, 1982Patent grantedOct 30, 1985Term endedDec 14, 2001

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