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Silencing method in gas conducting devices with variable dynamic pressure in the flow, especially in exhaust devices of internal-combustion engines

EP 0307639 B1 · Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed August 17, 1988 and granted May 6, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 17, 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 17, 2014.
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FiledAugust 17, 1988
PublishedMarch 22, 1989
GrantedMay 6, 1992
Term endedAugust 17, 2008
Application numberEP 88113362
Classification (CPC)F01N1/18 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 17, 1988PublishedMarch 22, 1989Patent grantedMay 6, 1992Term endedAug 17, 2008

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