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Tilt-lock device.

EP 0957224 B1 · Applicant: SIEGENIA-FRANK KG

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  • Filed February 27, 1999 and granted March 27, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 27, 2019.
  • 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 27, 2024.
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FiledFebruary 27, 1999
PublishedNovember 17, 1999
GrantedMarch 27, 2002
Term endedFebruary 27, 2019
Application numberEP 99103823
Classification (CPC)E05D15/5217

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