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EP 0056064 B1 · Applicant: GAO Gesellschaft für Automation und Organisation mbH

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  • Filed January 8, 1981 and granted October 10, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 8, 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 July 8, 2006.
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FiledJanuary 8, 1981
PublishedJuly 21, 1982
GrantedOctober 10, 1990
Term endedJanuary 8, 2001
Application numberEP 81100098
Classification (CPC)G06K7/1097 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJan 8, 1981PublishedJuly 21, 1982Patent grantedOct 10, 1990Term endedJan 8, 2001

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