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Device for cleaning of sewer conduits

EP 0443109 B1 · Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.

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  • Filed November 23, 1990 and granted September 23, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 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 May 23, 2016.
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FiledNovember 23, 1990
PublishedAugust 28, 1991
GrantedSeptember 23, 1992
Term endedNovember 23, 2010
Application numberEP 90122408
Classification (CPC)E03F9/00 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 23, 1990PublishedAug 28, 1991Patent grantedSep 23, 1992Term endedNov 23, 2010

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