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EP 0248948 B1 · Applicant: AEROQUIP CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 16, 1986 and granted January 22, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 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 16, 2012.
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FiledDecember 16, 1986
PublishedDecember 16, 1987
GrantedJanuary 22, 1992
Term endedDecember 16, 2006
Application numberEP 86117463
Classification (CPC)F16L13/146

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 16, 1986PublishedDec 16, 1987Patent grantedJan 22, 1992Term endedDec 16, 2006

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