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Improved solenoid

EP 0051702 B1 · Applicant: THE JACOBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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  • Filed November 6, 1980 and granted May 2, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 6, 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 6, 2006.
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FiledNovember 6, 1980
PublishedMay 19, 1982
GrantedMay 2, 1985
Term endedNovember 6, 2000
Application numberEP 80303981
Classification (CPC)H01F7/08

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedNov 6, 1980PublishedMay 19, 1982Patent grantedMay 2, 1985Term endedNov 6, 2000

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