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Coin sorting mechanism

EP 0387795 B1 · Applicant: CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 13, 1990 and granted July 5, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 13, 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 September 13, 2015.
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FiledMarch 13, 1990
PublishedSeptember 19, 1990
GrantedJuly 5, 1995
Term endedMarch 13, 2010
Application numberEP 90104731
Classification (CPC)G07D9/008

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 13, 1990PublishedSep 19, 1990Patent grantedJuly 5, 1995Term endedMarch 13, 2010

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