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Shock-absorbing fluid-actuated fastener installation tool

EP 0449945 B1 · Applicant: HUCK INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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  • Filed December 4, 1989 and granted October 18, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 4, 2009.
  • 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 4, 2015.
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FiledDecember 4, 1989
PublishedOctober 9, 1991
GrantedOctober 18, 1995
Term endedDecember 4, 2009
Application numberEP 90901291
Classification (CPC)B21J15/105 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 4, 1989PublishedOct 9, 1991Patent grantedOct 18, 1995Term endedDec 4, 2009

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