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Process and device for bending plastic tubes

EP 0715568 B1 · Applicant: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH

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  • Filed November 12, 1993 and granted May 12, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 12, 2013.
  • 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 12, 2019.
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FiledNovember 12, 1993
PublishedJune 12, 1996
GrantedMay 12, 1999
Term endedNovember 12, 2013
Application numberEP 94900136
Classification (CPC)B29C53/083

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedNov 12, 1993PublishedJune 12, 1996Patent grantedMay 12, 1999Term endedNov 12, 2013

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