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Weft thread brake for a loom

EP 0659919 B1 · Applicant: Picanol N.V.

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  • Filed November 30, 1994 and granted March 26, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 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 May 30, 2020.
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FiledNovember 30, 1994
PublishedJune 28, 1995
GrantedMarch 26, 1997
Term endedNovember 30, 2014
Application numberEP 94118839
Classification (CPC)D03D47/34 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 30, 1994PublishedJune 28, 1995Patent grantedMarch 26, 1997Term endedNov 30, 2014

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