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Device for workpiece surface processing, especially automobile bodies

EP 1170063 B1 · Applicant: ABB FLÄKT AB

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  • Filed October 1, 1997 and granted June 28, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 1, 2017.
  • 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 April 1, 2023.
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FiledOctober 1, 1997
PublishedJanuary 9, 2002
GrantedJune 28, 2006
Term endedOctober 1, 2017
Application numberEP 01121654
Classification (CPC)B05C3/10 +1 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedOct 1, 1997PublishedJan 9, 2002Patent grantedJune 28, 2006Term endedOct 1, 2017

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