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Arrangement for a rectilinear guide of a machine element along a girder

EP 0040394 B1 · Applicant: SKF KUGELLAGERFABRIKEN GMBH

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  • Filed May 13, 1981 and granted July 6, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 13, 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 November 13, 2006.
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FiledMay 13, 1981
PublishedNovember 25, 1981
GrantedJuly 6, 1983
Term endedMay 13, 2001
Application numberEP 81103670
Classification (CPC)F16C29/0695 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 13, 1981PublishedNov 25, 1981Patent grantedJuly 6, 1983Term endedMay 13, 2001

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