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Method and device for the shrink-proof treatment of textile materials

EP 0180703 B1 · Applicant: MTM Obermaier GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed April 20, 1985 and granted March 15, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 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 October 20, 2010.
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FiledApril 20, 1985
PublishedMay 14, 1986
GrantedMarch 15, 1989
Term endedApril 20, 2005
Application numberEP 85104803
Classification (CPC)D06C5/00

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedApril 20, 1985PublishedMay 14, 1986Patent grantedMarch 15, 1989Term endedApril 20, 2005

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