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Device for dispensing and distributing granular material

EP 1008288 B1 · Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

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  • Filed July 21, 1999 and granted February 11, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 21, 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 January 21, 2025.
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FiledJuly 21, 1999
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedFebruary 11, 2004
Term endedJuly 21, 2019
Application numberEP 99114321
Classification (CPC)A01C17/008

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedJuly 21, 1999PublishedJune 14, 2000Patent grantedFeb 11, 2004Term endedJuly 21, 2019

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