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Machine for testing at least two different types of pieces

EP 1014068 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE DE TRAITEMENT AUTOMATIQUE CONTROLE ET ETANCHEITE "TRACE"

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  • Filed December 16, 1999 and granted October 19, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 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 June 16, 2025.
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FiledDecember 16, 1999
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedOctober 19, 2005
Term endedDecember 16, 2019
Application numberEP 99403154
Classification (CPC)G01M3/025 +1 more

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedDec 16, 1999PublishedJune 28, 2000Patent grantedOct 19, 2005Term endedDec 16, 2019

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