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Trenching tool assembly with dual indexing capability

EP 0454729 B1 · Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.

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  • Filed November 28, 1989 and granted February 1, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 28, 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 May 28, 2015.
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FiledNovember 28, 1989
PublishedNovember 6, 1991
GrantedFebruary 1, 1995
Term endedNovember 28, 2009
Application numberEP 90901992
Classification (CPC)E21C35/1933

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 28, 1989PublishedNov 6, 1991Patent grantedFeb 1, 1995Term endedNov 28, 2009

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