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Apparatus for applying liquids to yarns

EP 0196774 B1 · Applicant: RIETER-SCRAGG LIMITED

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  • Filed February 26, 1986 and granted November 2, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 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 26, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 26, 1986
PublishedOctober 8, 1986
GrantedNovember 2, 1988
Term endedFebruary 26, 2006
Application numberEP 86301373
Classification (CPC)D06B1/10

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 26, 1986PublishedOct 8, 1986Patent grantedNov 2, 1988Term endedFeb 26, 2006

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