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A knife sharpening machine

EP 0493389 B1 · Applicant: CREMASCOLI, Loredana

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  • Filed July 20, 1990 and granted August 31, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 20, 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 20, 2016.
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FiledJuly 20, 1990
PublishedJuly 8, 1992
GrantedAugust 31, 1994
Term endedJuly 20, 2010
Application numberEP 90911493
Classification (CPC)B24B3/54

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJuly 20, 1990PublishedJuly 8, 1992Patent grantedAug 31, 1994Term endedJuly 20, 2010

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