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EP 0062633 B1 · Applicant: CATERPILLAR INDUSTRIAL INC.

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  • Filed October 20, 1980 and granted May 27, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 20, 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 April 20, 2006.
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FiledOctober 20, 1980
PublishedOctober 20, 1982
GrantedMay 27, 1987
Term endedOctober 20, 2000
Application numberEP 81900280
Classification (CPC)B60K1/04 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedOct 20, 1980PublishedOct 20, 1982Patent grantedMay 27, 1987Term endedOct 20, 2000

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