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EP 0147397 B1 · Applicant: MASSEY-FERGUSON SERVICES N.V.

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  • Filed October 11, 1983 and granted May 25, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 11, 2003.
  • 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 11, 2009.
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FiledOctober 11, 1983
PublishedJuly 10, 1985
GrantedMay 25, 1988
Term endedOctober 11, 2003
Application numberEP 83903301
Classification (CPC)F16H48/142

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedOct 11, 1983PublishedJuly 10, 1985Patent grantedMay 25, 1988Term endedOct 11, 2003

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