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Sealing for a piston-cylinder arrangement

EP 0017787 B1 · Applicant: Hydrowatt Systems Limited

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  • Filed March 21, 1980 and granted October 12, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2000.
  • 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 September 21, 2005.
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FiledMarch 21, 1980
PublishedOctober 29, 1980
GrantedOctober 12, 1983
Term endedMarch 21, 2000
Application numberEP 80101488
Classification (CPC)F16J3/06

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMarch 21, 1980PublishedOct 29, 1980Patent grantedOct 12, 1983Term endedMarch 21, 2000

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