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Circuit arrangement for controlling sewing machine speed and for positioning sewing needle

EP 0104913 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed September 23, 1983 and granted December 28, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 23, 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 March 23, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 23, 1983
PublishedApril 4, 1984
GrantedDecember 28, 1988
Term endedSeptember 23, 2003
Application numberEP 83305700
Classification (CPC)H02P29/0016

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 23, 1983PublishedApril 4, 1984Patent grantedDec 28, 1988Term endedSep 23, 2003

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