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Device for cleaning clogged drains

EP 0399357 B1 · Applicant: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien

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  • Filed May 16, 1990 and granted June 30, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 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 November 16, 2015.
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FiledMay 16, 1990
PublishedNovember 28, 1990
GrantedJune 30, 1993
Term endedMay 16, 2010
Application numberEP 90109228
Classification (CPC)B65D83/20 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 16, 1990PublishedNov 28, 1990Patent grantedJune 30, 1993Term endedMay 16, 2010

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