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EP 1009897 B1 · Applicant: STENDALS ELEKTRISKA AB

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  • Filed February 12, 1998 and granted April 17, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 12, 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 August 12, 2023.
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FiledFebruary 12, 1998
PublishedJune 21, 2000
GrantedApril 17, 2002
Term endedFebruary 12, 2018
Application numberEP 98904478
Classification (CPC)E05B41/00 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedFeb 12, 1998PublishedJune 21, 2000Patent grantedApril 17, 2002Term endedFeb 12, 2018

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