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Control device for the cooling air of an air-water-cooled internal-combustion engine, especially for motor vehicles

EP 0189575 B1 · Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed December 17, 1985 and granted March 23, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 17, 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 June 17, 2011.
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FiledDecember 17, 1985
PublishedAugust 6, 1986
GrantedMarch 23, 1988
Term endedDecember 17, 2005
Application numberEP 85116060
Classification (CPC)F01P11/10 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 17, 1985PublishedAug 6, 1986Patent grantedMarch 23, 1988Term endedDec 17, 2005

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