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Apparatus for applying a coating to a surface

EP 0486159 A1 · Applicant: MACTRON, INC.

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  • Filed October 16, 1991 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have 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
PublishedMay 20, 1992
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91309536
Classification (CPC)B05C5/02 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 16, 1991PublishedMay 20, 1992Term endedOct 16, 2011

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