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Leaf paper bundling apparatus

EP 0540134 B1 · Applicant: Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

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  • Filed February 26, 1992 and granted November 27, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 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 August 26, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 26, 1992
PublishedMay 5, 1993
GrantedNovember 27, 1996
Term endedFebruary 26, 2012
Application numberEP 92301625
Classification (CPC)B65B27/08

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedFeb 26, 1992PublishedMay 5, 1993Patent grantedNov 27, 1996Term endedFeb 26, 2012

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