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Improvements in or relating to spacers

EP 0332676 B1 · Applicant: Eriksson, Lars

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  • Filed September 14, 1988 and granted April 7, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 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 March 14, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1988
PublishedSeptember 20, 1989
GrantedApril 7, 1993
Term endedSeptember 14, 2008
Application numberEP 88907846
Classification (CPC)E06B3/5409

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 14, 1988PublishedSep 20, 1989Patent grantedApril 7, 1993Term endedSep 14, 2008

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