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Printing machine with a rotating pad for printing on the borders of car windows

EP 0338907 B1 · Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN VITRAGE INTERNATIONAL

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  • Filed April 18, 1989 and granted July 28, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 18, 2009.
  • 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 October 18, 2014.
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FiledApril 18, 1989
PublishedOctober 25, 1989
GrantedJuly 28, 1993
Term endedApril 18, 2009
Application numberEP 89401057
Classification (CPC)B41F17/001 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 18, 1989PublishedOct 25, 1989Patent grantedJuly 28, 1993Term endedApril 18, 2009

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