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Modular wristwatch assembly and case assembly for same

EP 1012676 B1 · Applicant: Bonneville Watches, a division of Bonneville Worldwide, Inc.

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  • Filed November 10, 1997 and granted August 3, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 10, 2017.
  • 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 May 10, 2023.
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FiledNovember 10, 1997
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedAugust 3, 2005
Term endedNovember 10, 2017
Application numberEP 97946632
Classification (CPC)G04B37/0008 +1 more

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