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Method of control of moving element of magnetic levitation carrier apparatus

EP 0445294 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI SEISAKUSHO

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  • Filed August 23, 1990 and granted December 21, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 23, 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 February 23, 2016.
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FiledAugust 23, 1990
PublishedSeptember 11, 1991
GrantedDecember 21, 1994
Term endedAugust 23, 2010
Application numberEP 90912472
Classification (CPC)B61B13/08 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedAug 23, 1990PublishedSep 11, 1991Patent grantedDec 21, 1994Term endedAug 23, 2010

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