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Metering method in an injection molding machine

EP 0249641 B1 · Applicant: FANUC LTD.

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  • Filed November 26, 1986 and granted September 19, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 26, 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 26, 2012.
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FiledNovember 26, 1986
PublishedDecember 23, 1987
GrantedSeptember 19, 1990
Term endedNovember 26, 2006
Application numberEP 86906949
Classification (CPC)B29C45/76 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 26, 1986PublishedDec 23, 1987Patent grantedSep 19, 1990Term endedNov 26, 2006

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