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Road marking vehicle with a pump driven proportionally to the vehicle speed

EP 0887111 B1 · Applicant: WALTER HOFMANN GmbH, MASCHINENFABRIK UND VERTRIEB

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  • Filed May 2, 1998 and granted December 11, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 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 November 2, 2023.
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FiledMay 2, 1998
PublishedDecember 30, 1998
GrantedDecember 11, 2002
Term endedMay 2, 2018
Application numberEP 98108030
Classification (CPC)E01C23/22

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedMay 2, 1998PublishedDec 30, 1998Patent grantedDec 11, 2002Term endedMay 2, 2018

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