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Hydraulic cup holder

EP 0191802 B1 · Applicant: Reynolds Metals Company

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  • Filed July 29, 1985 and granted May 10, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 29, 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 29, 2011.
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FiledJuly 29, 1985
PublishedAugust 27, 1986
GrantedMay 10, 1989
Term endedJuly 29, 2005
Application numberEP 85903938
Classification (CPC)B21D22/28

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 29, 1985PublishedAug 27, 1986Patent grantedMay 10, 1989Term endedJuly 29, 2005

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