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Soil cultivating implements

EP 0168898 B1 · Applicant: C. van der Lely N.V.

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  • Filed July 12, 1985 and granted September 13, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 12, 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 January 12, 2011.
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FiledJuly 12, 1985
PublishedJanuary 22, 1986
GrantedSeptember 13, 1989
Term endedJuly 12, 2005
Application numberEP 85201186
Classification (CPC)A01B29/045

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 12, 1985PublishedJan 22, 1986Patent grantedSep 13, 1989Term endedJuly 12, 2005

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