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Endless forms feed tractor belt and method of making

EP 0175918 B1 · Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

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  • Filed August 20, 1985 and granted April 10, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 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 February 20, 2011.
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FiledAugust 20, 1985
PublishedApril 2, 1986
GrantedApril 10, 1991
Term endedAugust 20, 2005
Application numberEP 85110395
Classification (CPC)B41J11/30

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedAug 20, 1985PublishedApril 2, 1986Patent grantedApril 10, 1991Term endedAug 20, 2005

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