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Valve-rotating device

EP 0190432 B1 · Applicant: Krupp MaK Maschinenbau GmbH

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  • Filed December 6, 1985 and granted September 23, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 6, 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 6, 2011.
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FiledDecember 6, 1985
PublishedAugust 13, 1986
GrantedSeptember 23, 1987
Term endedDecember 6, 2005
Application numberEP 85115500
Classification (CPC)F01L1/32

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 6, 1985PublishedAug 13, 1986Patent grantedSep 23, 1987Term endedDec 6, 2005

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