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A carrying device for picking up two containers placed one on top of another

EP 1018481 B1 · Applicant: Smits Intellectual Property N.V.

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  • Filed December 29, 1999 and granted April 5, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 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 29, 2025.
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FiledDecember 29, 1999
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedApril 5, 2006
Term endedDecember 29, 2019
Application numberEP 99204615
Classification (CPC)B66F9/186

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedDec 29, 1999PublishedJuly 12, 2000Patent grantedApril 5, 2006Term endedDec 29, 2019

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