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Liquid fuel supply pump

EP 0052150 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed May 14, 1981 and granted March 13, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 14, 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 14, 2006.
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FiledMay 14, 1981
PublishedMay 26, 1982
GrantedMarch 13, 1985
Term endedMay 14, 2001
Application numberEP 81901290
Classification (CPC)F02M37/04 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 14, 1981PublishedMay 26, 1982Patent grantedMarch 13, 1985Term endedMay 14, 2001

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