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Device for cutting slices off tobacco bales or similar compressed materials

EP 0705159 B1 · Applicant: SCHIFF & STERN KG

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  • Filed April 15, 1994 and granted December 11, 1996. 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
PublishedApril 10, 1996
GrantedDecember 11, 1996
Term endedApril 15, 2014
Application numberEP 94912405
Classification (CPC)B26D5/08 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 15, 1994PublishedApril 10, 1996Patent grantedDec 11, 1996Term endedApril 15, 2014

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