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Load-sensitive proportional valve

EP 0226509 B1 · Applicant: BENDIX France

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  • Filed December 3, 1986 and granted October 25, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 3, 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 June 3, 2012.
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FiledDecember 3, 1986
PublishedJune 24, 1987
GrantedOctober 25, 1989
Term endedDecember 3, 2006
Application numberEP 86402683
Classification (CPC)B60T8/1818

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 3, 1986PublishedJune 24, 1987Patent grantedOct 25, 1989Term endedDec 3, 2006

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