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Opening roller for spinning machines

EP 0455017 B1 · Applicant: MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG

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  • Filed April 11, 1991 and granted September 21, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 11, 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 October 11, 2016.
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FiledApril 11, 1991
PublishedNovember 6, 1991
GrantedSeptember 21, 1994
Term endedApril 11, 2011
Application numberEP 91105761
Classification (CPC)D01G9/04

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 11, 1991PublishedNov 6, 1991Patent grantedSep 21, 1994Term endedApril 11, 2011

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