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Locking bar and counter holder of a locking for hinged side boards of lorries

EP 0457972 B1 · Applicant: F. HESTERBERG & SÖHNE GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed December 28, 1990 and granted February 10, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 28, 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 28, 2016.
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FiledDecember 28, 1990
PublishedNovember 27, 1991
GrantedFebruary 10, 1993
Term endedDecember 28, 2010
Application numberEP 90125628
Classification (CPC)E05C19/10

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 28, 1990PublishedNov 27, 1991Patent grantedFeb 10, 1993Term endedDec 28, 2010

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