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Process and device for the removal of printing plates

EP 0660778 B1 · Applicant: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed September 17, 1993 and granted December 27, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 17, 2013.
  • 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 March 17, 2019.
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FiledSeptember 17, 1993
PublishedJuly 5, 1995
GrantedDecember 27, 1996
Term endedSeptember 17, 2013
Application numberEP 93920648
Classification (CPC)B41F27/1206

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedSep 17, 1993PublishedJuly 5, 1995Patent grantedDec 27, 1996Term endedSep 17, 2013

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