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Elevating apparatus

EP 0281044 B1 · Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Hikoma Seisakusho

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  • Filed April 30, 1985 and granted January 16, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 2005.
  • 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 30, 2010.
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FiledApril 30, 1985
PublishedSeptember 7, 1988
GrantedJanuary 16, 1991
Term endedApril 30, 2005
Application numberEP 88102953
Classification (CPC)B66F11/046

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedApril 30, 1985PublishedSep 7, 1988Patent grantedJan 16, 1991Term endedApril 30, 2005

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