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A noncontrolling type valve

EP 0339548 B1 · Applicant: Tokai Corporation

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  • Filed April 24, 1989 and granted January 13, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 24, 2009.
  • 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 October 24, 2014.
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FiledApril 24, 1989
PublishedNovember 2, 1989
GrantedJanuary 13, 1993
Term endedApril 24, 2009
Application numberEP 89107392
Classification (CPC)F23Q2/163

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 24, 1989PublishedNov 2, 1989Patent grantedJan 13, 1993Term endedApril 24, 2009

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