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Cleaning machine

EP 0499016 B1 · Applicant: Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen- Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.

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  • Filed October 17, 1991 and granted January 25, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 17, 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 17, 2017.
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FiledOctober 17, 1991
PublishedAugust 19, 1992
GrantedJanuary 25, 1995
Term endedOctober 17, 2011
Application numberEP 91890246
Classification (CPC)E01B27/10

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 17, 1991PublishedAug 19, 1992Patent grantedJan 25, 1995Term endedOct 17, 2011

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