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EP 0321680 B1 · Applicant: SALZGITTER MASCHINENBAU GMBH

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  • Filed October 31, 1988 and granted August 29, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 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 1, 2014.
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FiledOctober 31, 1988
PublishedJune 28, 1989
GrantedAugust 29, 1990
Term endedOctober 31, 2008
Application numberEP 88118082
Classification (CPC)B65G59/023

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 31, 1988PublishedJune 28, 1989Patent grantedAug 29, 1990Term endedOct 31, 2008

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