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Thread transport device for textile machines

EP 0629575 B1 · Applicant: Hinterholzer, Hartmut

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  • Filed April 9, 1994 and granted June 11, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 9, 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 October 9, 2019.
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FiledApril 9, 1994
PublishedDecember 21, 1994
GrantedJune 11, 1997
Term endedApril 9, 2014
Application numberEP 94105515
Classification (CPC)B65H51/32 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 9, 1994PublishedDec 21, 1994Patent grantedJune 11, 1997Term endedApril 9, 2014

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