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Tunnelling machines

EP 0142227 B1 · Applicant: Smith, Brian

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  • Filed August 22, 1984 and granted January 11, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 22, 2010.
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FiledAugust 22, 1984
PublishedMay 22, 1985
GrantedJanuary 11, 1989
Term endedAugust 22, 2004
Application numberEP 84305742
Classification (CPC)E21D11/07

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 22, 1984PublishedMay 22, 1985Patent grantedJan 11, 1989Term endedAug 22, 2004

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