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Device and method for palletizing unstable articles

EP 0659664 B1 · Applicant: GOLDCO INDUSTRIES INC.

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  • Filed December 16, 1994 and granted May 12, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 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 June 16, 2020.
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FiledDecember 16, 1994
PublishedJune 28, 1995
GrantedMay 12, 1999
Term endedDecember 16, 2014
Application numberEP 94119995
Classification (CPC)B65G57/005 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedDec 16, 1994PublishedJune 28, 1995Patent grantedMay 12, 1999Term endedDec 16, 2014

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