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EP 0558973 B1 · Applicant: MARANTEC ANTRIEBS- UND STEUERUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO., PRODUKTIONS KG

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  • Filed February 11, 1993 and granted August 7, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 11, 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 11, 2018.
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FiledFebruary 11, 1993
PublishedSeptember 8, 1993
GrantedAugust 7, 1996
Term endedFebruary 11, 2013
Application numberEP 93102173
Classification (CPC)F16H55/26 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedFeb 11, 1993PublishedSep 8, 1993Patent grantedAug 7, 1996Term endedFeb 11, 2013

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