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Electronically controlled roll towel dispenser

EP 1202924 B1 · Applicant: The Colman Group, Inc.

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  • Filed April 20, 2000 and granted May 17, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 20, 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 20, 2025.
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FiledApril 20, 2000
PublishedMay 8, 2002
GrantedMay 17, 2006
Term endedApril 20, 2020
Application numberEP 00926230
Classification (CPC)A47K10/36

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