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Semi-automatic apparatus to line up the patterns of pocket flaps on the frontispieces of jackets

EP 0124459 B1 · Applicant: VESTRA-UNION, S.A.

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  • Filed March 22, 1984 and granted June 16, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 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 22, 2009.
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FiledMarch 22, 1984
PublishedNovember 7, 1984
GrantedJune 16, 1987
Term endedMarch 22, 2004
Application numberEP 84440012
Classification (CPC)A41H43/0271

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 22, 1984PublishedNov 7, 1984Patent grantedJune 16, 1987Term endedMarch 22, 2004

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