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Multicolor patterned floor covering and method for its manufacturing

EP 0668138 B1 · Applicant: Firma Carl Freudenberg

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  • Filed October 26, 1994 and granted December 9, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 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 April 26, 2020.
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FiledOctober 26, 1994
PublishedAugust 23, 1995
GrantedDecember 9, 1998
Term endedOctober 26, 2014
Application numberEP 94116867
Classification (CPC)B29C43/30 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 26, 1994PublishedAug 23, 1995Patent grantedDec 9, 1998Term endedOct 26, 2014

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