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Hydraulic damping unit

EP 0174119 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 14, 1985 and granted July 19, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 14, 2005.
  • 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 February 14, 2011.
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FiledAugust 14, 1985
PublishedMarch 12, 1986
GrantedJuly 19, 1989
Term endedAugust 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85305781
Classification (CPC)F16F9/467

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedAug 14, 1985PublishedMarch 12, 1986Patent grantedJuly 19, 1989Term endedAug 14, 2005

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