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Positioning device with sealing means

EP 0761385 B1 · Applicant: RK Rose + Krieger GmbH & Co. KG Verbindungs- und Positioniersysteme

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  • Filed June 28, 1996 and granted March 3, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 28, 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 28, 2021.
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FiledJune 28, 1996
PublishedMarch 12, 1997
GrantedMarch 3, 1999
Term endedJune 28, 2016
Application numberEP 96110451
Classification (CPC)B23Q11/085 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 28, 1996PublishedMarch 12, 1997Patent grantedMarch 3, 1999Term endedJune 28, 2016

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