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Fastening system for a drawer bottom

EP 0628266 B1 · Applicant: MEPLA-WERKE LAUTENSCHLÄGER GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed March 19, 1994 and granted May 21, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 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 September 19, 2019.
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FiledMarch 19, 1994
PublishedDecember 14, 1994
GrantedMay 21, 1997
Term endedMarch 19, 2014
Application numberEP 94104378
Classification (CPC)A47B88/90 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 19, 1994PublishedDec 14, 1994Patent grantedMay 21, 1997Term endedMarch 19, 2014

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