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Device for assisting in removal of garment stains

EP 0116202 B1 · Applicant: Burns, Wm. Robert

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  • Filed November 16, 1983 and granted November 12, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 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 May 16, 2009.
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FiledNovember 16, 1983
PublishedAugust 22, 1984
GrantedNovember 12, 1986
Term endedNovember 16, 2003
Application numberEP 83306994
Classification (CPC)A47L25/08

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedNov 16, 1983PublishedAug 22, 1984Patent grantedNov 12, 1986Term endedNov 16, 2003

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