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EP 0471827 B1 · Applicant: PROPRIETARY MAIN, INC.

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  • Filed March 1, 1991 and granted January 29, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 1, 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 September 1, 2016.
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FiledMarch 1, 1991
PublishedFebruary 26, 1992
GrantedJanuary 29, 1997
Term endedMarch 1, 2011
Application numberEP 91906072
Classification (CPC)B23Q3/103

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMarch 1, 1991PublishedFeb 26, 1992Patent grantedJan 29, 1997Term endedMarch 1, 2011

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