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Doctoring assembly

EP 0751256 B1 · Applicant: Voith Paper Patent GmbH

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  • Filed May 25, 1996 and granted April 24, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 25, 2016.
  • 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 November 25, 2021.
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FiledMay 25, 1996
PublishedJanuary 2, 1997
GrantedApril 24, 2002
Term endedMay 25, 2016
Application numberEP 96108388
Classification (CPC)D21H25/12

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMay 25, 1996PublishedJan 2, 1997Patent grantedApril 24, 2002Term endedMay 25, 2016

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