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Main drive for rotary offset printing machines

EP 0061606 B1 · Applicant: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed March 6, 1982 and granted April 8, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 6, 2002.
  • 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 September 6, 2007.
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FiledMarch 6, 1982
PublishedOctober 6, 1982
GrantedApril 8, 1987
Term endedMarch 6, 2002
Application numberEP 82101786
Classification (CPC)B41F13/00

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedMarch 6, 1982PublishedOct 6, 1982Patent grantedApril 8, 1987Term endedMarch 6, 2002

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