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An exercise machine

EP 0559446 B1 · Applicant: McKenzie, Robin Anthony

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  • Filed March 3, 1993 and granted January 15, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 3, 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 September 3, 2018.
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FiledMarch 3, 1993
PublishedSeptember 8, 1993
GrantedJanuary 15, 1997
Term endedMarch 3, 2013
Application numberEP 93301606
Classification (CPC)A61H1/0292

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedMarch 3, 1993PublishedSep 8, 1993Patent grantedJan 15, 1997Term endedMarch 3, 2013

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