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Coding device for an electromechanical driving unit operated by a code

EP 0200635 B1 · Applicant: FERCO INTERNATIONAL Usine de Ferrures de Bâtiment Société à responsabilité limitée

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  • Filed April 22, 1986 and granted July 10, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 October 22, 2011.
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FiledApril 22, 1986
PublishedNovember 5, 1986
GrantedJuly 10, 1991
Term endedApril 22, 2006
Application numberEP 86400861
Classification (CPC)G07C9/0069

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedApril 22, 1986PublishedNov 5, 1986Patent grantedJuly 10, 1991Term endedApril 22, 2006

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