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Formable hose and insert reinforcement member

EP 0034491 B1 · Applicant: The Gates Rubber Company

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  • Filed February 16, 1981 and granted June 26, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 16, 2001.
  • 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 August 16, 2006.
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FiledFebruary 16, 1981
PublishedAugust 26, 1981
GrantedJune 26, 1985
Term endedFebruary 16, 2001
Application numberEP 81300618
Classification (CPC)F16L11/118

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedFeb 16, 1981PublishedAug 26, 1981Patent grantedJune 26, 1985Term endedFeb 16, 2001

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