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Twin-brushes rotary toothbrush

EP 0374152 B1 · Applicant: EPI PRODUCTS USA, INC.

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  • Filed May 6, 1988 and granted April 17, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 6, 2008.
  • 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 6, 2013.
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FiledMay 6, 1988
PublishedJune 27, 1990
GrantedApril 17, 1996
Term endedMay 6, 2008
Application numberEP 88904841
Classification (CPC)A46B13/08

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMay 6, 1988PublishedJune 27, 1990Patent grantedApril 17, 1996Term endedMay 6, 2008

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