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EP 0875173 B1 · Applicant: HÄFELE GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed April 9, 1998 and granted January 16, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 9, 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 October 9, 2023.
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FiledApril 9, 1998
PublishedNovember 4, 1998
GrantedJanuary 16, 2002
Term endedApril 9, 2018
Application numberEP 98106548
Classification (CPC)A47B35/00

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedApril 9, 1998PublishedNov 4, 1998Patent grantedJan 16, 2002Term endedApril 9, 2018

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