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Equipment for transport and handling of containers and other larger load carriers

EP 0226060 B1 · Applicant: DE ROTTERDAMSCHE DROOGDOK MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.

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  • Filed November 20, 1986 and granted January 31, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 20, 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 May 20, 2012.
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FiledNovember 20, 1986
PublishedJune 24, 1987
GrantedJanuary 31, 1990
Term endedNovember 20, 2006
Application numberEP 86116035
Classification (CPC)A01D90/12 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 20, 1986PublishedJune 24, 1987Patent grantedJan 31, 1990Term endedNov 20, 2006

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