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Control method for an industrial robot

EP 1086407 B1 · Applicant: Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Betriebswissenschaften

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  • Filed May 14, 1999 and granted October 8, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 14, 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 November 14, 2024.
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FiledMay 14, 1999
PublishedMarch 28, 2001
GrantedOctober 8, 2003
Term endedMay 14, 2019
Application numberEP 99936254
Classification (CPC)B25J9/1692

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