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EP 0197804 B1 · Applicant: COMPAGNIE DES TRANSMISSIONS MECANIQUES SEDIS

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  • Filed February 19, 1986 and granted October 19, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 19, 2006.
  • 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 August 19, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 19, 1986
PublishedOctober 15, 1986
GrantedOctober 19, 1988
Term endedFebruary 19, 2006
Application numberEP 86400353
Classification (CPC)F02F7/006 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 19, 1986PublishedOct 15, 1986Patent grantedOct 19, 1988Term endedFeb 19, 2006

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