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A metering belt feeder

EP 0481944 B1 · Applicant: S.E.G. MEKANIK AB

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  • Filed October 16, 1991 and granted July 13, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 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 April 16, 2017.
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FiledOctober 16, 1991
PublishedApril 22, 1992
GrantedJuly 13, 1994
Term endedOctober 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91850254
Classification (CPC)G01G11/00 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 16, 1991PublishedApril 22, 1992Patent grantedJuly 13, 1994Term endedOct 16, 2011

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