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Method and apparatus for moving a tool along a curved path

EP 0299403 B1 · Applicant: CINCINNATI MILACRON INC.

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  • Filed July 11, 1988 and granted October 30, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 11, 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 January 11, 2014.
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FiledJuly 11, 1988
PublishedJanuary 18, 1989
GrantedOctober 30, 1991
Term endedJuly 11, 2008
Application numberEP 88111040
Classification (CPC)G05B19/41

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJuly 11, 1988PublishedJan 18, 1989Patent grantedOct 30, 1991Term endedJuly 11, 2008

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