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EP 0069809 B1 · Applicant: Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Bührle AG

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Why it's free to use

  • Filed December 4, 1981 and granted February 13, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 4, 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 4, 2007.
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FiledDecember 4, 1981
PublishedJanuary 19, 1983
GrantedFebruary 13, 1985
Term endedDecember 4, 2001
Application numberEP 81201324
Classification (CPC)F42B10/34

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 4, 1981PublishedJan 19, 1983Patent grantedFeb 13, 1985Term endedDec 4, 2001

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