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Device for monitoring the clearance between the cutting bar of a cutting device and the cutting elements movable with respect to the bar

EP 0072016 B1 · Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY

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  • Filed August 9, 1982 and granted May 6, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 9, 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 February 9, 2008.
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FiledAugust 9, 1982
PublishedFebruary 16, 1983
GrantedMay 6, 1987
Term endedAugust 9, 2002
Application numberEP 82107183
Classification (CPC)B26D7/26 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedAug 9, 1982PublishedFeb 16, 1983Patent grantedMay 6, 1987Term endedAug 9, 2002

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