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Combing machine

EP 0677603 B1 · Applicant: MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG

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  • Filed October 20, 1989 and granted July 28, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 20, 2009.
  • 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, 2015.
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FiledOctober 20, 1989
PublishedOctober 18, 1995
GrantedJuly 28, 1999
Term endedOctober 20, 2009
Application numberEP 95110324
Classification (CPC)D01G19/08

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedOct 20, 1989PublishedOct 18, 1995Patent grantedJuly 28, 1999Term endedOct 20, 2009

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