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A device and a method for tying and untying a tug line at a ship

EP 0767751 B1 · Applicant: Bennmo, Ingvar

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  • Filed November 9, 1994 and granted September 8, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 9, 2014.
  • 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 9, 2020.
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FiledNovember 9, 1994
PublishedApril 16, 1997
GrantedSeptember 8, 1999
Term endedNovember 9, 2014
Application numberEP 95900977
Classification (CPC)B63B21/04

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 9, 1994PublishedApril 16, 1997Patent grantedSep 8, 1999Term endedNov 9, 2014

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