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Claw coupling with synchronization device for locking

EP 0277115 B1 · Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed July 17, 1986 and granted July 4, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 17, 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 January 17, 2012.
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FiledJuly 17, 1986
PublishedAugust 10, 1988
GrantedJuly 4, 1990
Term endedJuly 17, 2006
Application numberEP 86904171
Classification (CPC)F16D23/06

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJuly 17, 1986PublishedAug 10, 1988Patent grantedJuly 4, 1990Term endedJuly 17, 2006

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