Expired European patentEurope
Kitchen knife with parallel blades
EP 1038641 B1 · Applicant: Boehm, Hans-Georg, Dr. rer. nat.
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- Filed November 15, 1999 and granted June 12, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 2019.
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FiledNovember 15, 1999
PublishedSeptember 27, 2000
GrantedJune 12, 2002
Term endedNovember 15, 2019
Application numberEP 99122683
Classification (CPC)B26B3/04
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