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Method of producing painted metal sheets

EP 1201321 B1 · Applicant: SIDMAR N.V.

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  • Filed October 24, 2000 and granted December 29, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 April 24, 2026.
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FiledOctober 24, 2000
PublishedMay 2, 2002
GrantedDecember 29, 2004
Term endedOctober 24, 2020
Application numberEP 00870243
Classification (CPC)B05D3/0263

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2001200320052007200920112013201520172019Application filedOct 24, 2000PublishedMay 2, 2002Patent grantedDec 29, 2004Term endedOct 24, 2020

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