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Seal for an axle bearing

EP 0202702 B1 · Applicant: SKF Industrial Trading & Development Co, B.V.

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  • Filed May 1, 1986 and granted April 11, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 1, 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 November 1, 2011.
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FiledMay 1, 1986
PublishedNovember 26, 1986
GrantedApril 11, 1990
Term endedMay 1, 2006
Application numberEP 86200746
Classification (CPC)F16C33/80 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMay 1, 1986PublishedNov 26, 1986Patent grantedApril 11, 1990Term endedMay 1, 2006

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