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Printing machine and method for feeding sheets past several forme cylinders

EP 0765746 B1 · Applicant: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed September 25, 1996 and granted April 7, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 25, 2022.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1996
PublishedApril 2, 1997
GrantedApril 7, 1999
Term endedSeptember 25, 2016
Application numberEP 96115358
Classification (CPC)B41F21/00

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedSep 25, 1996PublishedApril 2, 1997Patent grantedApril 7, 1999Term endedSep 25, 2016

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