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Fluid coupling device

EP 0097423 B1 · Applicant: EATON CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 10, 1983 and granted June 8, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 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 November 10, 2008.
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FiledMay 10, 1983
PublishedJanuary 4, 1984
GrantedJune 8, 1988
Term endedMay 10, 2003
Application numberEP 83302625
Classification (CPC)F16D35/023 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMay 10, 1983PublishedJan 4, 1984Patent grantedJune 8, 1988Term endedMay 10, 2003

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