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Machine for forming cylindrical bales of crop

EP 0258528 B1 · Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY

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  • Filed April 14, 1987 and granted January 20, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 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 14, 2012.
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FiledApril 14, 1987
PublishedMarch 9, 1988
GrantedJanuary 20, 1993
Term endedApril 14, 2007
Application numberEP 87105488
Classification (CPC)A01F15/0883

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 14, 1987PublishedMarch 9, 1988Patent grantedJan 20, 1993Term endedApril 14, 2007

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