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Two-stage mat forming and preforming

EP 0554236 B1 · Applicant: THE C.A. LAWTON COMPANY

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  • Filed January 18, 1993 and granted December 27, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 18, 2013.
  • 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 July 18, 2018.
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FiledJanuary 18, 1993
PublishedAugust 4, 1993
GrantedDecember 27, 1995
Term endedJanuary 18, 2013
Application numberEP 93890006
Classification (CPC)B29C70/543 +2 more

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