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Device for controlling the bending angle on tube bending machines

EP 0822018 B1 · Applicant: SUPER-EGO TOOLS S.A.

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  • Filed February 19, 1997 and granted July 12, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 19, 2017.
  • 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 August 19, 2022.
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FiledFebruary 19, 1997
PublishedFebruary 4, 1998
GrantedJuly 12, 2000
Term endedFebruary 19, 2017
Application numberEP 97500040
Classification (CPC)B21D7/14

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedFeb 19, 1997PublishedFeb 4, 1998Patent grantedJuly 12, 2000Term endedFeb 19, 2017

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