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Heat-resistant ball bearing

EP 0304872 B1 · Applicant: KOYO SEIKO CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 23, 1988 and granted April 17, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 23, 2008.
  • 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 23, 2014.
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FiledAugust 23, 1988
PublishedMarch 1, 1989
GrantedApril 17, 1991
Term endedAugust 23, 2008
Application numberEP 88113710
Classification (CPC)F16C33/32 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 23, 1988PublishedMarch 1, 1989Patent grantedApril 17, 1991Term endedAug 23, 2008

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