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Automatic milk selection device

EP 1179975 B1 · Applicant: Maier, Jakob, Jun.

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  • Filed May 11, 2000 and granted May 3, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 11, 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 November 11, 2025.
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FiledMay 11, 2000
PublishedFebruary 20, 2002
GrantedMay 3, 2006
Term endedMay 11, 2020
Application numberEP 00929524
Classification (CPC)A01J5/007 +2 more

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