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Dispensing unit for a fluid dispensing machine, comprising a variable-volume pumping chamber, and machine comprising said dispensing unit

EP 1030972 B1 · Applicant: CPS Color Group Oy

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  • Filed October 7, 1998 and granted December 22, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 7, 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 April 7, 2024.
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FiledOctober 7, 1998
PublishedAugust 30, 2000
GrantedDecember 22, 2004
Term endedOctober 7, 2018
Application numberEP 98952700
Classification (CPC)F04B13/02 +2 more

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