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Device for covering the slot of a cylinder of a rotary printing machine

EP 0280159 B1 · Applicant: M.A.N.-ROLAND Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed February 16, 1988 and granted September 23, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 16, 2008.
  • 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 August 16, 2013.
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FiledFebruary 16, 1988
PublishedAugust 31, 1988
GrantedSeptember 23, 1992
Term endedFebruary 16, 2008
Application numberEP 88102234
Classification (CPC)B41F27/1293

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedFeb 16, 1988PublishedAug 31, 1988Patent grantedSep 23, 1992Term endedFeb 16, 2008

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