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Folding apparatus

EP 0068340 B1 · Applicant: Albert-Frankenthal AG

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  • Filed June 18, 1982 and granted September 11, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 18, 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 December 18, 2007.
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FiledJune 18, 1982
PublishedJanuary 5, 1983
GrantedSeptember 11, 1985
Term endedJune 18, 2002
Application numberEP 82105332
Classification (CPC)B65H45/167

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJune 18, 1982PublishedJan 5, 1983Patent grantedSep 11, 1985Term endedJune 18, 2002

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