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Wheel brake arrangement

EP 0047244 B1 · Applicant: CATERPILLAR INDUSTRIAL INC.

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  • Filed March 13, 1980 and granted July 15, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 13, 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 13, 2005.
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FiledMarch 13, 1980
PublishedMarch 17, 1982
GrantedJuly 15, 1987
Term endedMarch 13, 2000
Application numberEP 80901983
Classification (CPC)F16D51/48 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMarch 13, 1980PublishedMarch 17, 1982Patent grantedJuly 15, 1987Term endedMarch 13, 2000

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