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EP 0873245 B1 · Applicant: Zaklad Mechaniczny " Wagraf"

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  • Filed February 21, 1996 and granted October 6, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 21, 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 August 21, 2021.
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FiledFebruary 21, 1996
PublishedOctober 28, 1998
GrantedOctober 6, 1999
Term endedFebruary 21, 2016
Application numberEP 96904364
Classification (CPC)B41K1/40

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedFeb 21, 1996PublishedOct 28, 1998Patent grantedOct 6, 1999Term endedFeb 21, 2016

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