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Slotted crimping die for use in a crimping machine

EP 1090244 B1 · Applicant: THE GATES CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 13, 2000 and granted December 15, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 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 October 13, 2025.
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FiledApril 13, 2000
PublishedApril 11, 2001
GrantedDecember 15, 2004
Term endedApril 13, 2020
Application numberEP 00946751
Classification (CPC)B30B7/04 +2 more

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