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Apparatus for tenderizing veneer sheets

EP 0241302 B1 · Applicant: Meinan Machinery Works, Inc.

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  • Filed April 10, 1987 and granted February 24, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 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 October 10, 2012.
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FiledApril 10, 1987
PublishedOctober 14, 1987
GrantedFebruary 24, 1993
Term endedApril 10, 2007
Application numberEP 87303144
Classification (CPC)B27D1/005

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 10, 1987PublishedOct 14, 1987Patent grantedFeb 24, 1993Term endedApril 10, 2007

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