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Use of lubricant composition containing Mu, Ti, Co compounds for viscosity of diesel engines

EP 0290457 B1 · Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation

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  • Filed January 12, 1987 and granted December 1, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 12, 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 12, 2012.
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FiledJanuary 12, 1987
PublishedNovember 17, 1988
GrantedDecember 1, 1993
Term endedJanuary 12, 2007
Application numberEP 87900961
Classification (CPC)C10M163/00 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJan 12, 1987PublishedNov 17, 1988Patent grantedDec 1, 1993Term endedJan 12, 2007

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