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A golf club/shoe cleaning device

EP 0484397 B1 · Applicant: HARRIS, Philip John

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  • Filed July 26, 1990 and granted February 28, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 26, 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 January 26, 2016.
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FiledJuly 26, 1990
PublishedMay 13, 1992
GrantedFebruary 28, 1996
Term endedJuly 26, 2010
Application numberEP 90911489
Classification (CPC)A63B57/60

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJuly 26, 1990PublishedMay 13, 1992Patent grantedFeb 28, 1996Term endedJuly 26, 2010

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