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Method of processing stalk or leaf crop mown and swathed in the same or a previous process, and processing machine for carrying out this method

EP 0543312 B1 · Applicant: Maschinenfabriken Bernard Krone GmbH

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  • Filed November 16, 1992 and granted January 10, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 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 May 16, 2018.
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FiledNovember 16, 1992
PublishedMay 26, 1993
GrantedJanuary 10, 1996
Term endedNovember 16, 2012
Application numberEP 92119563
Classification (CPC)A01D43/00 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedNov 16, 1992PublishedMay 26, 1993Patent grantedJan 10, 1996Term endedNov 16, 2012

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