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Framework consisting of bar-shaped elements

EP 0346948 B1 · Applicant: ENTWURF PARTNER RUEDI ZWISSLER

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  • Filed November 25, 1986 and granted January 12, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 25, 2006.
  • 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 May 25, 2012.
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FiledNovember 25, 1986
PublishedDecember 20, 1989
GrantedJanuary 12, 1994
Term endedNovember 25, 2006
Application numberEP 89115135
Classification (CPC)F16B5/0685 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 25, 1986PublishedDec 20, 1989Patent grantedJan 12, 1994Term endedNov 25, 2006

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