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Wire driving apparatus for wire electric discharge machines

EP 0335986 B1 · Applicant: FANUC LTD.

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  • Filed October 15, 1988 and granted August 19, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 15, 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 April 15, 2014.
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FiledOctober 15, 1988
PublishedOctober 11, 1989
GrantedAugust 19, 1992
Term endedOctober 15, 2008
Application numberEP 88908976
Classification (CPC)B23H7/10

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 15, 1988PublishedOct 11, 1989Patent grantedAug 19, 1992Term endedOct 15, 2008

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