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Measuring and cross cutting system for round timber

EP 0579898 B1 · Applicant: H.I.T. BERTELE GmbH & CO. HOLZINDUSTRIETECHNIK

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  • Filed February 11, 1993 and granted July 30, 1997. 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
PublishedJanuary 26, 1994
GrantedJuly 30, 1997
Term endedFebruary 11, 2013
Application numberEP 93102172
Classification (CPC)B23D59/008 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedFeb 11, 1993PublishedJan 26, 1994Patent grantedJuly 30, 1997Term endedFeb 11, 2013

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