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Grass cutting device

EP 0628239 B1 · Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.

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  • Filed May 23, 1994 and granted December 30, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 2014.
  • 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 November 23, 2019.
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FiledMay 23, 1994
PublishedDecember 14, 1994
GrantedDecember 30, 1998
Term endedMay 23, 2014
Application numberEP 94303668
Classification (CPC)B60L8/003 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 23, 1994PublishedDec 14, 1994Patent grantedDec 30, 1998Term endedMay 23, 2014

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