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Electric mantelpiece clock

EP 0343493 B1 · Applicant: Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches

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  • Filed May 17, 1989 and granted September 18, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 17, 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 November 17, 2014.
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FiledMay 17, 1989
PublishedNovember 29, 1989
GrantedSeptember 18, 1991
Term endedMay 17, 2009
Application numberEP 89108835
Classification (CPC)G04C3/008

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 17, 1989PublishedNov 29, 1989Patent grantedSep 18, 1991Term endedMay 17, 2009

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