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Angle gauge for grinding sharp-edged tools

EP 0957331 B1 · Applicant: Tormek AB

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  • Filed May 4, 1999 and granted July 23, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 4, 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 November 4, 2024.
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FiledMay 4, 1999
PublishedNovember 17, 1999
GrantedJuly 23, 2008
Term endedMay 4, 2019
Application numberEP 99201389
Classification (CPC)G01B3/56

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedMay 4, 1999PublishedNov 17, 1999Patent grantedJuly 23, 2008Term endedMay 4, 2019

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