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Control circuit for a wide range accumulator conveyor

EP 0367304 B1 · Applicant: FIGGIE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Delaware Corporation)

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  • Filed October 24, 1986 and granted February 2, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 April 24, 2012.
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FiledOctober 24, 1986
PublishedMay 9, 1990
GrantedFebruary 2, 1994
Term endedOctober 24, 2006
Application numberEP 89123714
Classification (CPC)B65G47/261

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 24, 1986PublishedMay 9, 1990Patent grantedFeb 2, 1994Term endedOct 24, 2006

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