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Apparatus for bending windscreens

EP 0556103 B1 · Applicant: VEGLA Vereinigte Glaswerke GmbH

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  • Filed February 5, 1993 and granted October 16, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 5, 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 August 5, 2018.
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FiledFebruary 5, 1993
PublishedAugust 18, 1993
GrantedOctober 16, 1996
Term endedFebruary 5, 2013
Application numberEP 93400301
Classification (CPC)C03B23/03

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedFeb 5, 1993PublishedAug 18, 1993Patent grantedOct 16, 1996Term endedFeb 5, 2013

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