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Stirring cover for paint containers mounted on paint mixing machines

EP 0770503 B1 · Applicant: F.A.S. Société Anonyme dite:

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  • Filed September 26, 1996 and granted February 10, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 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 26, 2022.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1996
PublishedMay 2, 1997
GrantedFebruary 10, 1999
Term endedSeptember 26, 2016
Application numberEP 96402049
Classification (CPC)B44D3/08 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedSep 26, 1996PublishedMay 2, 1997Patent grantedFeb 10, 1999Term endedSep 26, 2016

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