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Wire driving mechanism

EP 0452502 A1 · Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Company, Limited

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  • Filed October 26, 1990 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 26, 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 April 26, 2016.
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FiledOctober 26, 1990
PublishedOctober 23, 1991
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 26, 2010
Application numberEP 90915831
Classification (CPC)B41J2/295

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedOct 26, 1990PublishedOct 23, 1991Term endedOct 26, 2010

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