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Rotation stopper for opening and closing plates in center fixing device of band-shaped ornament

EP 1027842 B1 · Applicant: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed June 30, 1999 and granted April 28, 2010. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 30, 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 December 30, 2024.
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FiledJune 30, 1999
PublishedAugust 16, 2000
GrantedApril 28, 2010
Term endedJune 30, 2019
Application numberEP 99926864
Classification (CPC)A44C5/24

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