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Circular knitting machine for making high-pile knitwear

EP 0176809 B1 · Applicant: Sulzer Morat GmbH

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  • Filed September 9, 1985 and granted January 25, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 9, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 9, 1985
PublishedApril 9, 1986
GrantedJanuary 25, 1989
Term endedSeptember 9, 2005
Application numberEP 85111350
Classification (CPC)D04B9/14

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 9, 1985PublishedApril 9, 1986Patent grantedJan 25, 1989Term endedSep 9, 2005

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