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Fluid flow control apparatus

EP 0090129 B1 · Applicant: TRW INC.

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  • Filed January 17, 1983 and granted September 3, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 17, 2003.
  • 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 17, 2008.
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FiledJanuary 17, 1983
PublishedOctober 5, 1983
GrantedSeptember 3, 1986
Term endedJanuary 17, 2003
Application numberEP 83100351
Classification (CPC)F15B13/022 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJan 17, 1983PublishedOct 5, 1983Patent grantedSep 3, 1986Term endedJan 17, 2003

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