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Air spring having internal sealing band and method of installing same

EP 0264573 B1 · Applicant: THE FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

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  • Filed August 20, 1987 and granted November 7, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 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 February 20, 2013.
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FiledAugust 20, 1987
PublishedApril 27, 1988
GrantedNovember 7, 1990
Term endedAugust 20, 2007
Application numberEP 87112085
Classification (CPC)F16J3/042 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedAug 20, 1987PublishedApril 27, 1988Patent grantedNov 7, 1990Term endedAug 20, 2007

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