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Distributor or drip emitter for the microirrigation of soils

EP 0119181 B1 · Applicant: Smeyers, Pierre A.

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  • Filed February 20, 1984 and granted September 9, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 2004.
  • 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 August 20, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 20, 1984
PublishedSeptember 19, 1984
GrantedSeptember 9, 1987
Term endedFebruary 20, 2004
Application numberEP 84870024
Classification (CPC)B05B15/50 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedFeb 20, 1984PublishedSep 19, 1984Patent grantedSep 9, 1987Term endedFeb 20, 2004

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