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Internal combustion engine

EP 0057591 B1 · Applicant: Bryant, Clyde C.

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  • Filed January 29, 1982 and granted December 20, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 2002.
  • 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 July 29, 2007.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1982
PublishedAugust 11, 1982
GrantedDecember 20, 1989
Term endedJanuary 29, 2002
Application numberEP 82300475
Classification (CPC)F02B41/00 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJan 29, 1982PublishedAug 11, 1982Patent grantedDec 20, 1989Term endedJan 29, 2002

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