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Tack-feeding device and method

EP 0318877 B1 · Applicant: DEUTSCHE VEREINIGTE SCHUHMASCHINEN GMBH

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  • Filed November 26, 1988 and granted January 12, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 26, 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 26, 2014.
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FiledNovember 26, 1988
PublishedJune 7, 1989
GrantedJanuary 12, 1994
Term endedNovember 26, 2008
Application numberEP 88119752
Classification (CPC)A43D71/00 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 26, 1988PublishedJune 7, 1989Patent grantedJan 12, 1994Term endedNov 26, 2008

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