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Shearbar attachment and adjustment apparatus and method

EP 0287159 B1 · Applicant: FORD NEW HOLLAND, INC. (a Delaware corp.)

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  • Filed April 7, 1988 and granted December 27, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 7, 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 October 7, 2013.
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FiledApril 7, 1988
PublishedOctober 19, 1988
GrantedDecember 27, 1990
Term endedApril 7, 2008
Application numberEP 88200660
Classification (CPC)A01F29/06 +2 more

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