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Coupling for the transmission of alternating couples

EP 0388244 B1 · Applicant: Melchior, Jean Frédéric

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  • Filed January 5, 1990 and granted December 27, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 5, 2010.
  • 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 July 5, 2015.
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FiledJanuary 5, 1990
PublishedSeptember 19, 1990
GrantedDecember 27, 1991
Term endedJanuary 5, 2010
Application numberEP 90400040
Classification (CPC)F16D3/10 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJan 5, 1990PublishedSep 19, 1990Patent grantedDec 27, 1991Term endedJan 5, 2010

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