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Device and procedure for preparing the thread end to start or resume open-end spinning

EP 0443220 B1 · Applicant: SAVIO MACCHINE TESSILI S.p.A.

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  • Filed December 29, 1990 and granted May 1, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 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 29, 2016.
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FiledDecember 29, 1990
PublishedAugust 28, 1991
GrantedMay 1, 1996
Term endedDecember 29, 2010
Application numberEP 90203535
Classification (CPC)D01H4/50

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 29, 1990PublishedAug 28, 1991Patent grantedMay 1, 1996Term endedDec 29, 2010

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