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Vibration generator

EP 0473449 B1 · Applicant: KENCHO KOBE CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 30, 1991 and granted December 28, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 30, 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 March 2, 2017.
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FiledAugust 30, 1991
PublishedMarch 4, 1992
GrantedDecember 28, 1994
Term endedAugust 30, 2011
Application numberEP 91307959
Classification (CPC)B06B1/166

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 30, 1991PublishedMarch 4, 1992Patent grantedDec 28, 1994Term endedAug 30, 2011

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