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Liquid ring machine

EP 0231775 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed January 14, 1987 and granted May 31, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 14, 2007.
  • 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 July 14, 2012.
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FiledJanuary 14, 1987
PublishedAugust 12, 1987
GrantedMay 31, 1989
Term endedJanuary 14, 2007
Application numberEP 87100412
Classification (CPC)F04C19/004

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJan 14, 1987PublishedAug 12, 1987Patent grantedMay 31, 1989Term endedJan 14, 2007

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