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EP 0450167 B1 · Applicant: Manufacture Jaeger-Le Coultre S.A.

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  • Filed December 12, 1990 and granted January 26, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 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 12, 2016.
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FiledDecember 12, 1990
PublishedOctober 9, 1991
GrantedJanuary 26, 1994
Term endedDecember 12, 2010
Application numberEP 90123889
Classification (CPC)G04B19/283

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 12, 1990PublishedOct 9, 1991Patent grantedJan 26, 1994Term endedDec 12, 2010

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