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Segmental needle bar for multiple needle tufting machine

EP 0136293 B1 · Applicant: TUFTCO CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 13, 1984 and granted September 9, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 13, 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 July 13, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 13, 1984
PublishedApril 10, 1985
GrantedSeptember 9, 1987
Term endedJanuary 13, 2004
Application numberEP 84900692
Classification (CPC)D05C15/20

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJan 13, 1984PublishedApril 10, 1985Patent grantedSep 9, 1987Term endedJan 13, 2004

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