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Clutch release bearing assembly

EP 0080263 B1 · Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

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  • Filed October 13, 1982 and granted May 7, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 13, 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 April 13, 2008.
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FiledOctober 13, 1982
PublishedJune 1, 1983
GrantedMay 7, 1986
Term endedOctober 13, 2002
Application numberEP 82305434
Classification (CPC)F16D23/14

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedOct 13, 1982PublishedJune 1, 1983Patent grantedMay 7, 1986Term endedOct 13, 2002

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