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Sail reefing mechanism winding the sail upon a tube running in parallel with the mast

EP 0325074 B1 · Applicant: PROENGIN S.A.

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  • Filed December 29, 1988 and granted December 4, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 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 June 29, 2014.
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FiledDecember 29, 1988
PublishedJuly 26, 1989
GrantedDecember 4, 1991
Term endedDecember 29, 2008
Application numberEP 88403358
Classification (CPC)B63H9/1035

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 29, 1988PublishedJuly 26, 1989Patent grantedDec 4, 1991Term endedDec 29, 2008

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