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Safety device for the drive of a machine such as a bending press

EP 0318366 B1 · Applicant: AEROSPATIALE Société Nationale Industrielle

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  • Filed November 21, 1988 and granted November 11, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 21, 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 May 21, 2014.
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FiledNovember 21, 1988
PublishedMay 31, 1989
GrantedNovember 11, 1992
Term endedNovember 21, 2008
Application numberEP 88402915
Classification (CPC)B21D55/00 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 21, 1988PublishedMay 31, 1989Patent grantedNov 11, 1992Term endedNov 21, 2008

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