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An apparatus for engraving on a rubber cylindrical matrix

EP 0677384 B1 · Applicant: SYFAL S.r.l.

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  • Filed October 20, 1994 and granted April 29, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 20, 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 20, 2020.
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FiledOctober 20, 1994
PublishedOctober 18, 1995
GrantedApril 29, 1998
Term endedOctober 20, 2014
Application numberEP 94830492
Classification (CPC)B41C1/05

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 20, 1994PublishedOct 18, 1995Patent grantedApril 29, 1998Term endedOct 20, 2014

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