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Improved oscillating hand tool

EP 0713751 B1 · Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.

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  • Filed November 20, 1995 and granted January 27, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 20, 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 May 20, 2021.
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FiledNovember 20, 1995
PublishedMay 29, 1996
GrantedJanuary 27, 1999
Term endedNovember 20, 2015
Application numberEP 95308288
Classification (CPC)B24B23/03

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedNov 20, 1995PublishedMay 29, 1996Patent grantedJan 27, 1999Term endedNov 20, 2015

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