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Oil scavenge system

EP 0250058 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 16, 1987 and granted March 31, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 16, 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 16, 2012.
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FiledJanuary 16, 1987
PublishedDecember 23, 1987
GrantedMarch 31, 1993
Term endedJanuary 16, 2007
Application numberEP 87300350
Classification (CPC)F16N31/00 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJan 16, 1987PublishedDec 23, 1987Patent grantedMarch 31, 1993Term endedJan 16, 2007

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