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Weft yarn reserve winding unit allowing to vary the length of the reserve turns, for use in measuring weft feeders for looms

EP 0363980 B1 · Applicant: ROJ ELECTROTEX S.p.A.

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  • Filed October 13, 1989 and granted April 21, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 13, 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 April 13, 2015.
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FiledOctober 13, 1989
PublishedApril 18, 1990
GrantedApril 21, 1993
Term endedOctober 13, 2009
Application numberEP 89119066
Classification (CPC)D03D47/362

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 13, 1989PublishedApril 18, 1990Patent grantedApril 21, 1993Term endedOct 13, 2009

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