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Method and apparatus for the determination of bale limits in bale openers

EP 0265755 A2 · Applicant: Hergeth, Hubert A., Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.

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  • Filed October 12, 1987 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 12, 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 April 12, 2013.
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FiledOctober 12, 1987
PublishedMay 4, 1988
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 12, 2007
Application numberEP 87114849
Classification (CPC)D01G7/04 +1 more

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