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Extendible crane boom

EP 0697992 B1 · Applicant: HIAB AB

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  • Filed April 15, 1994 and granted March 17, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 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 October 15, 2019.
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FiledApril 15, 1994
PublishedFebruary 28, 1996
GrantedMarch 17, 1999
Term endedApril 15, 2014
Application numberEP 94914653
Classification (CPC)B66C23/705

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 15, 1994PublishedFeb 28, 1996Patent grantedMarch 17, 1999Term endedApril 15, 2014

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