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Tape-measure with braking device

EP 0531570 B1 · Applicant: SICFO-STANLEY Société industrielle et commerciale française des outils STANLEY

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  • Filed September 12, 1991 and granted December 27, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 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 March 12, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1991
PublishedMarch 17, 1993
GrantedDecember 27, 1995
Term endedSeptember 12, 2011
Application numberEP 91115454
Classification (CPC)G01B3/1005

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedSep 12, 1991PublishedMarch 17, 1993Patent grantedDec 27, 1995Term endedSep 12, 2011

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