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Safety device for a knitting machine

EP 0097386 B1 · Applicant: ATELIER DE CONSTRUCTION STEIGER S.A.

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  • Filed June 2, 1983 and granted August 14, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 2, 2003.
  • 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 2, 2008.
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FiledJune 2, 1983
PublishedJanuary 4, 1984
GrantedAugust 14, 1985
Term endedJune 2, 2003
Application numberEP 83200777
Classification (CPC)D04B35/10

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJune 2, 1983PublishedJan 4, 1984Patent grantedAug 14, 1985Term endedJune 2, 2003

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