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Device to facilitate the downing of socks or similar for use by disabled persons

EP 0682488 B1 · Applicant: Moscato, Giuseppe

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  • Filed December 29, 1993 and granted August 19, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 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 June 29, 2019.
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FiledDecember 29, 1993
PublishedNovember 22, 1995
GrantedAugust 19, 1998
Term endedDecember 29, 2013
Application numberEP 94906998
Classification (CPC)A47G25/905

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedDec 29, 1993PublishedNov 22, 1995Patent grantedAug 19, 1998Term endedDec 29, 2013

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