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Connective knitting method of belt-shaped knit end and belt-knit fabric having the end part linked in knit state

EP 0449544 B1 · Applicant: SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD.

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  • Filed March 25, 1991 and granted May 24, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 25, 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 September 25, 2016.
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FiledMarch 25, 1991
PublishedOctober 2, 1991
GrantedMay 24, 1995
Term endedMarch 25, 2011
Application numberEP 91302562
Classification (CPC)D04B1/22

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMarch 25, 1991PublishedOct 2, 1991Patent grantedMay 24, 1995Term endedMarch 25, 2011

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