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EP 0693896 B1 · Applicant: Friedrich Sanner GmbH & Co. KG Spritzgusswerk

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  • Filed June 6, 1994 and granted October 23, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 6, 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 December 6, 2019.
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FiledJune 6, 1994
PublishedJanuary 31, 1996
GrantedOctober 23, 1996
Term endedJune 6, 2014
Application numberEP 94919609
Classification (CPC)B05B17/00 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJune 6, 1994PublishedJan 31, 1996Patent grantedOct 23, 1996Term endedJune 6, 2014

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