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Device for spreading granular and/or powdery material

EP 0244906 B1 · Applicant: Z.P.M. International B.V.

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  • Filed April 27, 1987 and granted December 20, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 27, 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 27, 2012.
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FiledApril 27, 1987
PublishedNovember 11, 1987
GrantedDecember 20, 1989
Term endedApril 27, 2007
Application numberEP 87200789
Classification (CPC)A01C17/001

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 27, 1987PublishedNov 11, 1987Patent grantedDec 20, 1989Term endedApril 27, 2007

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