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Device for distribution of pins in a bowling-pin setter

EP 0233148 B1 · Applicant: Patentverwertungs- und Finanzierungsgesellschaft SERANIA AG

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  • Filed January 29, 1987 and granted August 16, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 2007.
  • 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 July 29, 2012.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1987
PublishedAugust 19, 1987
GrantedAugust 16, 1990
Term endedJanuary 29, 2007
Application numberEP 87810061
Classification (CPC)A63D5/09

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJan 29, 1987PublishedAug 19, 1987Patent grantedAug 16, 1990Term endedJan 29, 2007

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