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Valve-clearance adjusting device for internal-combustion engines

EP 0029254 B1 · Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed November 19, 1980 and granted February 9, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 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 May 19, 2006.
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FiledNovember 19, 1980
PublishedMay 27, 1981
GrantedFebruary 9, 1983
Term endedNovember 19, 2000
Application numberEP 80107203
Classification (CPC)F01L1/205

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedNov 19, 1980PublishedMay 27, 1981Patent grantedFeb 9, 1983Term endedNov 19, 2000

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