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Nodal bar system

EP 0277989 B1 · Applicant: GRIMM, Friedrich Björn

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  • Filed August 22, 1987 and granted September 25, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 22, 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 February 22, 2013.
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FiledAugust 22, 1987
PublishedAugust 17, 1988
GrantedSeptember 25, 1991
Term endedAugust 22, 2007
Application numberEP 87905422
Classification (CPC)E04B1/1906

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedAug 22, 1987PublishedAug 17, 1988Patent grantedSep 25, 1991Term endedAug 22, 2007

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