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EP 0196629 B1 · Applicant: GIBEN IMPIANTI S.p.A.

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  • Filed March 27, 1986 and granted July 26, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 27, 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 September 27, 2011.
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FiledMarch 27, 1986
PublishedOctober 8, 1986
GrantedJuly 26, 1989
Term endedMarch 27, 2006
Application numberEP 86104240
Classification (CPC)B65G61/00 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 27, 1986PublishedOct 8, 1986Patent grantedJuly 26, 1989Term endedMarch 27, 2006

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