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Fluid pressure controller

EP 0369412 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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  • Filed November 14, 1989 and granted September 11, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 14, 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 May 14, 2015.
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FiledNovember 14, 1989
PublishedMay 23, 1990
GrantedSeptember 11, 1996
Term endedNovember 14, 2009
Application numberEP 89121093
Classification (CPC)B60T8/00 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 14, 1989PublishedMay 23, 1990Patent grantedSep 11, 1996Term endedNov 14, 2009

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