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Electromechanical device to control terry loop formation in terry looms

EP 0534403 B1 · Applicant: SOMET SOCIETA' MECCANICA TESSILE S.p.A.

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  • Filed September 23, 1992 and granted August 27, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 23, 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 23, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 23, 1992
PublishedMarch 31, 1993
GrantedAugust 27, 1997
Term endedSeptember 23, 2012
Application numberEP 92116281
Classification (CPC)D03D39/223

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedSep 23, 1992PublishedMarch 31, 1993Patent grantedAug 27, 1997Term endedSep 23, 2012

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