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Flexible manufacturing system with machine tools arranged in parallel with a space between them

EP 0289834 B1 · Applicant: DÖRRIES SCHARMANN GmbH

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  • Filed April 15, 1988 and granted December 30, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 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 15, 2013.
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FiledApril 15, 1988
PublishedNovember 9, 1988
GrantedDecember 30, 1992
Term endedApril 15, 2008
Application numberEP 88106042
Classification (CPC)B23Q3/15773 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 15, 1988PublishedNov 9, 1988Patent grantedDec 30, 1992Term endedApril 15, 2008

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