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EP 0177876 B1 · Applicant: GAS Gesellschaft für Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik mbH & Co.KG

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  • Filed October 1, 1985 and granted October 11, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 1, 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 April 1, 2011.
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FiledOctober 1, 1985
PublishedApril 16, 1986
GrantedOctober 11, 1989
Term endedOctober 1, 2005
Application numberEP 85112396
Classification (CPC)F15B15/2815

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 1, 1985PublishedApril 16, 1986Patent grantedOct 11, 1989Term endedOct 1, 2005

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