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Device and method for fixing a plate to a building

EP 0686223 B1 · Applicant: FIN TRADE INTERNATIONAL S.A.

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  • Filed February 10, 1994 and granted July 28, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 10, 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 August 10, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 10, 1994
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedJuly 28, 1999
Term endedFebruary 10, 2014
Application numberEP 94907529
Classification (CPC)F16B5/0012 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 10, 1994PublishedDec 13, 1995Patent grantedJuly 28, 1999Term endedFeb 10, 2014

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