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Machine for bending of tubes, bars or profiles

EP 0168331 B1 · Applicant: EATON LEONARD PICOT S.A.

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  • Filed May 9, 1985 and granted June 20, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 9, 2005.
  • 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 November 9, 2010.
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FiledMay 9, 1985
PublishedJanuary 15, 1986
GrantedJune 20, 1990
Term endedMay 9, 2005
Application numberEP 85420086
Classification (CPC)B21D7/024

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 9, 1985PublishedJan 15, 1986Patent grantedJune 20, 1990Term endedMay 9, 2005

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