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Friction open-end spinning apparatus

EP 0132045 B1 · Applicant: HOLLINGSWORTH (U.K.) LIMITED

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  • Filed June 8, 1984 and granted June 3, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 8, 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 December 8, 2009.
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FiledJune 8, 1984
PublishedJanuary 23, 1985
GrantedJune 3, 1987
Term endedJune 8, 2004
Application numberEP 84303911
Classification (CPC)D01H4/16

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJune 8, 1984PublishedJan 23, 1985Patent grantedJune 3, 1987Term endedJune 8, 2004

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