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Collector-free d.c. motor, its drive circuit and process for its operation

EP 0242387 B1 · Applicant: PAPST-MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG

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  • Filed October 18, 1986 and granted November 27, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 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 April 18, 2012.
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FiledOctober 18, 1986
PublishedOctober 28, 1987
GrantedNovember 27, 1991
Term endedOctober 18, 2006
Application numberEP 86906266
Classification (CPC)H02P6/14 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 18, 1986PublishedOct 28, 1987Patent grantedNov 27, 1991Term endedOct 18, 2006

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