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Measuring device for an oil level with a solid-housing sheath and a retractable measuring stick

EP 0022448 B1 · Applicant: Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed March 29, 1980 and granted July 20, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 29, 2005.
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FiledMarch 29, 1980
PublishedJanuary 21, 1981
GrantedJuly 20, 1983
Term endedMarch 29, 2000
Application numberEP 80101695
Classification (CPC)G01F23/04

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMarch 29, 1980PublishedJan 21, 1981Patent grantedJuly 20, 1983Term endedMarch 29, 2000

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