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Crimping tool for crimping a workpiece

EP 0868978 B1 · Applicant: Wezag GmbH Werkzeugfabrik

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  • Filed March 21, 1998 and granted September 15, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2018.
  • 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 September 21, 2023.
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FiledMarch 21, 1998
PublishedOctober 7, 1998
GrantedSeptember 15, 2004
Term endedMarch 21, 2018
Application numberEP 98105169
Classification (CPC)B25B7/12 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedMarch 21, 1998PublishedOct 7, 1998Patent grantedSep 15, 2004Term endedMarch 21, 2018

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