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Sleeve for a quick acting coupling for hoses and manufacturing process

EP 0756127 B1 · Applicant: GARDENA Kress + Kastner GmbH

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  • Filed June 14, 1996 and granted March 14, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 14, 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 December 14, 2021.
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FiledJune 14, 1996
PublishedJanuary 29, 1997
GrantedMarch 14, 2001
Term endedJune 14, 2016
Application numberEP 96109555
Classification (CPC)F16L37/133 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 14, 1996PublishedJan 29, 1997Patent grantedMarch 14, 2001Term endedJune 14, 2016

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