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Cored yarn, and method and apparatus for producing the same

EP 1087044 B1 · Applicant: Hirashio Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed August 30, 2000 and granted January 21, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 30, 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 March 2, 2026.
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FiledAugust 30, 2000
PublishedMarch 28, 2001
GrantedJanuary 21, 2004
Term endedAugust 30, 2020
Application numberEP 00307415
Classification (CPC)D02G3/324

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