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Apparatus for transporting and/or forming of glass sheets heated to their softening temperature

EP 0388249 B1 · Applicant: VEGLA Vereinigte Glaswerke GmbH

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  • Filed February 21, 1990 and granted July 6, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 21, 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 August 21, 2015.
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FiledFebruary 21, 1990
PublishedSeptember 19, 1990
GrantedJuly 6, 1994
Term endedFebruary 21, 2010
Application numberEP 90400473
Classification (CPC)C03B40/005 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedFeb 21, 1990PublishedSep 19, 1990Patent grantedJuly 6, 1994Term endedFeb 21, 2010

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