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Hook assembly and sewing process

EP 0669415 B1 · Applicant: HIROSE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed February 23, 1995 and granted June 19, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 2015.
  • 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 August 23, 2020.
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FiledFebruary 23, 1995
PublishedAugust 30, 1995
GrantedJune 19, 2002
Term endedFebruary 23, 2015
Application numberEP 95200450
Classification (CPC)D05B57/16

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedFeb 23, 1995PublishedAug 30, 1995Patent grantedJune 19, 2002Term endedFeb 23, 2015

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