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Method and apparatus for making ornamental chains with cylindrical helix links

EP 0380452 B1 · Applicant: I.C.M. Italiana Costruzioni Metalmeccaniche S.r.l.

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  • Filed January 11, 1990 and granted December 15, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 11, 2010.
  • 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 July 11, 2015.
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FiledJanuary 11, 1990
PublishedAugust 1, 1990
GrantedDecember 15, 1993
Term endedJanuary 11, 2010
Application numberEP 90830009
Classification (CPC)B21L7/00 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJan 11, 1990PublishedAug 1, 1990Patent grantedDec 15, 1993Term endedJan 11, 2010

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