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Method and apparatus for laminating flexible printed circuits

EP 0174949 B1 · Applicant: GILA RIVER PRODUCTS, INC.

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  • Filed February 19, 1985 and granted June 15, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 19, 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 August 19, 2010.
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FiledFebruary 19, 1985
PublishedMarch 26, 1986
GrantedJune 15, 1988
Term endedFebruary 19, 2005
Application numberEP 85901246
Classification (CPC)H05K3/022 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedFeb 19, 1985PublishedMarch 26, 1986Patent grantedJune 15, 1988Term endedFeb 19, 2005

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