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A needle selection arrangement for a circular knitting machine

EP 0138696 B1 · Applicant: JUMBERCA, S.A.

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  • Filed October 4, 1984 and granted February 28, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 4, 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 April 4, 2010.
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FiledOctober 4, 1984
PublishedApril 24, 1985
GrantedFebruary 28, 1990
Term endedOctober 4, 2004
Application numberEP 84401990
Classification (CPC)D04B15/82

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 4, 1984PublishedApril 24, 1985Patent grantedFeb 28, 1990Term endedOct 4, 2004

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