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Method to bind packages of metallic mesh and apparatus which employs the method

EP 0442142 B1 · Applicant: IMPIANTI INDUSTRIALI Spa

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  • Filed December 24, 1990 and granted February 16, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 24, 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 June 24, 2016.
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FiledDecember 24, 1990
PublishedAugust 21, 1991
GrantedFebruary 16, 1994
Term endedDecember 24, 2010
Application numberEP 90125428
Classification (CPC)B65B27/08 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 24, 1990PublishedAug 21, 1991Patent grantedFeb 16, 1994Term endedDec 24, 2010

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