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Drying section of a paper machine and a method for sealing an underpressure zone in a pocket space in a drying section of a papermaking machine

EP 1012387 B1 · Applicant: Metso Paper, Inc.

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  • Filed April 23, 1998 and granted June 14, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 23, 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 October 23, 2023.
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FiledApril 23, 1998
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedJune 14, 2006
Term endedApril 23, 2018
Application numberEP 98917158
Classification (CPC)D21F5/042 +1 more

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