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Apparatus for determining the fold strength of thermoplastic sheets

EP 0106732 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE CHIMIQUE DES CHARBONNAGES SA

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  • Filed September 14, 1983 and granted September 9, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 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 14, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1983
PublishedApril 25, 1984
GrantedSeptember 9, 1987
Term endedSeptember 14, 2003
Application numberEP 83401795
Classification (CPC)G01N33/442 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 14, 1983PublishedApril 25, 1984Patent grantedSep 9, 1987Term endedSep 14, 2003

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