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Rotary speed control system

EP 0768173 B1 · Applicant: KOENIG & BAUER-ALBERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 8, 1996 and granted March 24, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 8, 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 April 8, 2022.
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FiledOctober 8, 1996
PublishedApril 16, 1997
GrantedMarch 24, 1999
Term endedOctober 8, 2016
Application numberEP 96116067
Classification (CPC)B41F13/0045

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedOct 8, 1996PublishedApril 16, 1997Patent grantedMarch 24, 1999Term endedOct 8, 2016

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