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Self-aligning clutch release bearing

EP 0030165 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE NOUVELLE DE ROULEMENTS S.A.

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  • Filed September 19, 1980 and granted April 13, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 19, 2006.
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FiledSeptember 19, 1980
PublishedJune 10, 1981
GrantedApril 13, 1983
Term endedSeptember 19, 2000
Application numberEP 80401346
Classification (CPC)F16D23/14

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedSep 19, 1980PublishedJune 10, 1981Patent grantedApril 13, 1983Term endedSep 19, 2000

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