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EP 0204029 B1 · Applicant: Firma Carl Freudenberg

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  • Filed November 8, 1985 and granted October 18, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 8, 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 May 8, 2011.
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FiledNovember 8, 1985
PublishedDecember 10, 1986
GrantedOctober 18, 1989
Term endedNovember 8, 2005
Application numberEP 85114277
Classification (CPC)A43B17/102

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 8, 1985PublishedDec 10, 1986Patent grantedOct 18, 1989Term endedNov 8, 2005

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