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Core treating apparatus and method

EP 0513377 B1 · Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 30, 1991 and granted April 26, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 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 May 30, 2017.
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FiledNovember 30, 1991
PublishedNovember 19, 1992
GrantedApril 26, 1995
Term endedNovember 30, 2011
Application numberEP 91920697
Classification (CPC)B23H7/02 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedNov 30, 1991PublishedNov 19, 1992Patent grantedApril 26, 1995Term endedNov 30, 2011

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