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Orbital sander

EP 0258518 B1 · Applicant: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH

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  • Filed January 21, 1987 and granted June 27, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 21, 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 21, 2012.
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FiledJanuary 21, 1987
PublishedMarch 9, 1988
GrantedJune 27, 1990
Term endedJanuary 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87100796
Classification (CPC)B24B23/04 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJan 21, 1987PublishedMarch 9, 1988Patent grantedJune 27, 1990Term endedJan 21, 2007

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