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Sliding tongue needle

EP 0361568 B1 · Applicant: UNIVERSAL MASCHINENFABRIK DR. RUDOLF SCHIEBER GMBH & CO. KG

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  • Filed August 26, 1989 and granted June 2, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 26, 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 February 26, 2015.
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FiledAugust 26, 1989
PublishedApril 4, 1990
GrantedJune 2, 1993
Term endedAugust 26, 2009
Application numberEP 89202204
Classification (CPC)D04B35/06

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedAug 26, 1989PublishedApril 4, 1990Patent grantedJune 2, 1993Term endedAug 26, 2009

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