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Pressure fluid-actuated valve

EP 0177620 B1 · Applicant: GEBRÜDER SULZER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed March 31, 1984 and granted November 2, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 31, 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 October 1, 2009.
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FiledMarch 31, 1984
PublishedApril 16, 1986
GrantedNovember 2, 1988
Term endedMarch 31, 2004
Application numberEP 84103595
Classification (CPC)F16K47/00 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 31, 1984PublishedApril 16, 1986Patent grantedNov 2, 1988Term endedMarch 31, 2004

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