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Tabacco harvester

EP 0554510 B1 · Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.

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  • Filed September 16, 1992 and granted July 2, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 16, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 16, 1992
PublishedAugust 11, 1993
GrantedJuly 2, 1997
Term endedSeptember 16, 2012
Application numberEP 92115836
Classification (CPC)A01D45/16

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedSep 16, 1992PublishedAug 11, 1993Patent grantedJuly 2, 1997Term endedSep 16, 2012

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