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Tooth configuration for an earth boring bit

EP 0121802 B1 · Applicant: Eastman Christensen Company

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  • Filed March 11, 1984 and granted February 28, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 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 September 11, 2009.
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FiledMarch 11, 1984
PublishedOctober 17, 1984
GrantedFebruary 28, 1990
Term endedMarch 11, 2004
Application numberEP 84102652
Classification (CPC)E21B47/18 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 11, 1984PublishedOct 17, 1984Patent grantedFeb 28, 1990Term endedMarch 11, 2004

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