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Hydraulic control system comprising a pilot operated check valve

EP 0066151 B1 · Applicant: Vickers Incorporated

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  • Filed May 14, 1982 and granted February 12, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 14, 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 November 14, 2007.
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FiledMay 14, 1982
PublishedDecember 8, 1982
GrantedFebruary 12, 1986
Term endedMay 14, 2002
Application numberEP 82104214
Classification (CPC)F15B13/015

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedMay 14, 1982PublishedDec 8, 1982Patent grantedFeb 12, 1986Term endedMay 14, 2002

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