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Process and apparatus for flattening sheet gauge metal scrap

EP 0245537 B1 · Applicant: CONNELL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

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  • Filed November 11, 1986 and granted March 25, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 11, 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 11, 2012.
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FiledNovember 11, 1986
PublishedNovember 19, 1987
GrantedMarch 25, 1992
Term endedNovember 11, 2006
Application numberEP 86115644
Classification (CPC)B30B9/32 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 11, 1986PublishedNov 19, 1987Patent grantedMarch 25, 1992Term endedNov 11, 2006

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