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Hand-operated sanding or polishing tool

EP 0229755 B1 · Applicant: Feldmühle Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed September 14, 1985 and granted November 23, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 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 March 14, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1985
PublishedJuly 29, 1987
GrantedNovember 23, 1988
Term endedSeptember 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85904455
Classification (CPC)B24D15/023

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 14, 1985PublishedJuly 29, 1987Patent grantedNov 23, 1988Term endedSep 14, 2005

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