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Rotary piston compressor

EP 0381682 B1 · Applicant: RUF, Renate

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  • Filed September 30, 1988 and granted December 4, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 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 March 30, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1988
PublishedAugust 16, 1990
GrantedDecember 4, 1991
Term endedSeptember 30, 2008
Application numberEP 88908150
Classification (CPC)F04C29/0021 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 30, 1988PublishedAug 16, 1990Patent grantedDec 4, 1991Term endedSep 30, 2008

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