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Gear pump

EP 0231429 B1 · Applicant: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

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  • Filed August 19, 1986 and granted December 28, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 19, 2012.
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FiledAugust 19, 1986
PublishedAugust 12, 1987
GrantedDecember 28, 1988
Term endedAugust 19, 2006
Application numberEP 86111453
Classification (CPC)F04C14/04

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedAug 19, 1986PublishedAug 12, 1987Patent grantedDec 28, 1988Term endedAug 19, 2006

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