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Device for exchanging printing plates

EP 0531748 B1 · Applicant: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed August 17, 1992 and granted June 14, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 17, 2012.
  • 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 February 17, 2018.
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FiledAugust 17, 1992
PublishedMarch 17, 1993
GrantedJune 14, 1995
Term endedAugust 17, 2012
Application numberEP 92113998
Classification (CPC)B41F27/1206

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedAug 17, 1992PublishedMarch 17, 1993Patent grantedJune 14, 1995Term endedAug 17, 2012

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