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A stroke-limited hydraulic cylinder

EP 0140678 B1 · Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY

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  • Filed October 26, 1984 and granted July 22, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 2004.
  • 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 26, 2010.
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FiledOctober 26, 1984
PublishedMay 8, 1985
GrantedJuly 22, 1987
Term endedOctober 26, 2004
Application numberEP 84307367
Classification (CPC)F15B15/24

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 26, 1984PublishedMay 8, 1985Patent grantedJuly 22, 1987Term endedOct 26, 2004

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