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Confining liquid-sealing arrangement for a turbo compressor

EP 0443473 B1 · Applicant: MANNESMANN Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed February 16, 1991 and granted October 12, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 16, 2011.
  • 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 August 16, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 16, 1991
PublishedAugust 28, 1991
GrantedOctober 12, 1994
Term endedFebruary 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91102227
Classification (CPC)F04D29/143 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 16, 1991PublishedAug 28, 1991Patent grantedOct 12, 1994Term endedFeb 16, 2011

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