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Manufacturing apparatus for single-wire bead

EP 1060872 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.

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  • Filed June 15, 2000 and granted May 19, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 15, 2020.
  • 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 15, 2025.
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FiledJune 15, 2000
PublishedDecember 20, 2000
GrantedMay 19, 2004
Term endedJune 15, 2020
Application numberEP 00305081
Classification (CPC)B29D30/48

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