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Stopping device for docks

EP 0196433 B1 · Applicant: MAN Gutehoffnungshütte Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed February 14, 1986 and granted December 14, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 2006.
  • 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 14, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 14, 1986
PublishedOctober 8, 1986
GrantedDecember 14, 1988
Term endedFebruary 14, 2006
Application numberEP 86101930
Classification (CPC)B63C5/04

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 14, 1986PublishedOct 8, 1986Patent grantedDec 14, 1988Term endedFeb 14, 2006

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