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Spray-coating method and spray coater

EP 0690171 B1 · Applicant: VALMET PAPER MACHINERY INC.

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  • Filed June 29, 1995 and granted May 13, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 29, 2015.
  • 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 December 29, 2020.
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FiledJune 29, 1995
PublishedJanuary 3, 1996
GrantedMay 13, 1998
Term endedJune 29, 2015
Application numberEP 95110180
Classification (CPC)D21H23/50

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJune 29, 1995PublishedJan 3, 1996Patent grantedMay 13, 1998Term endedJune 29, 2015

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