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Device for replaceably connecting a drag-head to a suction pipe

EP 0142881 B1 · Applicant: IHC HOLLAND N.V.

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  • Filed October 23, 1984 and granted April 8, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 23, 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 23, 2010.
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FiledOctober 23, 1984
PublishedMay 29, 1985
GrantedApril 8, 1987
Term endedOctober 23, 2004
Application numberEP 84201538
Classification (CPC)E02F3/905 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 23, 1984PublishedMay 29, 1985Patent grantedApril 8, 1987Term endedOct 23, 2004

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