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Rock and gravel drilling method and rock-drill therefor

EP 0141117 B1 · Applicant: Schwarz, Günter

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  • Filed August 24, 1984 and granted July 13, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 24, 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 February 24, 2010.
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FiledAugust 24, 1984
PublishedMay 15, 1985
GrantedJuly 13, 1988
Term endedAugust 24, 2004
Application numberEP 84110110
Classification (CPC)E21B21/16

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 24, 1984PublishedMay 15, 1985Patent grantedJuly 13, 1988Term endedAug 24, 2004

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