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EP 0671985 B1 · Applicant: NOVOPRESS GMBH PRESSEN UND PRESSWERKZEUGE & CO. KG.

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  • Filed November 25, 1993 and granted August 28, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 25, 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 May 25, 2019.
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FiledNovember 25, 1993
PublishedSeptember 20, 1995
GrantedAugust 28, 1996
Term endedNovember 25, 2013
Application numberEP 94901870
Classification (CPC)B21D39/04 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedNov 25, 1993PublishedSep 20, 1995Patent grantedAug 28, 1996Term endedNov 25, 2013

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