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Method of drilling of holes into the mantle of a cylinder in a paper machine and equipment for use in the method

EP 0448947 B1 · Applicant: VALMET PAPER MACHINERY INC.

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  • Filed February 14, 1991 and granted January 17, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 2011.
  • 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 14, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 14, 1991
PublishedOctober 2, 1991
GrantedJanuary 17, 1996
Term endedFebruary 14, 2011
Application numberEP 91102105
Classification (CPC)D21F5/021 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 14, 1991PublishedOct 2, 1991Patent grantedJan 17, 1996Term endedFeb 14, 2011

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