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Drilling assembly with an actuator, a motor and control means

EP 0380893 B1 · Applicant: INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE

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  • Filed December 19, 1989 and granted August 25, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 19, 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 June 19, 2015.
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FiledDecember 19, 1989
PublishedAugust 8, 1990
GrantedAugust 25, 1993
Term endedDecember 19, 2009
Application numberEP 89403566
Classification (CPC)E21B7/068

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 19, 1989PublishedAug 8, 1990Patent grantedAug 25, 1993Term endedDec 19, 2009

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