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Handling appliance for storing-boxes

EP 0376159 B1 · Applicant: SCHMIDT HANDLING GESELLSCHAFT FÜR HANDHABUNGSTECHNIK MBH

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  • Filed December 21, 1989 and granted March 9, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2015.
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FiledDecember 21, 1989
PublishedJuly 4, 1990
GrantedMarch 9, 1994
Term endedDecember 21, 2009
Application numberEP 89123644
Classification (CPC)B66C1/66

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 21, 1989PublishedJuly 4, 1990Patent grantedMarch 9, 1994Term endedDec 21, 2009

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