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Rope guiding device

EP 0058159 B1 · Applicant: Exxon Production Research Company

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  • Filed August 21, 1980 and granted March 20, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 21, 2000.
  • 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 21, 2006.
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FiledAugust 21, 1980
PublishedAugust 25, 1982
GrantedMarch 20, 1985
Term endedAugust 21, 2000
Application numberEP 81901390
Classification (CPC)E02B17/00 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedAug 21, 1980PublishedAug 25, 1982Patent grantedMarch 20, 1985Term endedAug 21, 2000

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