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Hoist & traction machine

EP 0533467 B1 · Applicant: ELEPHANT CHAIN BLOCK COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed September 17, 1992 and granted May 24, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 17, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 17, 1992
PublishedMarch 24, 1993
GrantedMay 24, 1995
Term endedSeptember 17, 2012
Application numberEP 92308454
Classification (CPC)B66D3/14

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedSep 17, 1992PublishedMarch 24, 1993Patent grantedMay 24, 1995Term endedSep 17, 2012

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