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Vacuum pump with a suction branch valve, and method for its operation

EP 0084085 B1 · Applicant: Leybold-Heraeus GmbH

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  • Filed October 16, 1982 and granted August 7, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 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 16, 2008.
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FiledOctober 16, 1982
PublishedJuly 27, 1983
GrantedAugust 7, 1985
Term endedOctober 16, 2002
Application numberEP 82109589
Classification (CPC)F04C29/02 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedOct 16, 1982PublishedJuly 27, 1983Patent grantedAug 7, 1985Term endedOct 16, 2002

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