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Hydraulic control device for the valves of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine

EP 0455763 B1 · Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

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  • Filed October 26, 1990 and granted December 29, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 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 April 26, 2016.
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FiledOctober 26, 1990
PublishedNovember 13, 1991
GrantedDecember 29, 1993
Term endedOctober 26, 2010
Application numberEP 90915300
Classification (CPC)F01L9/14

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedOct 26, 1990PublishedNov 13, 1991Patent grantedDec 29, 1993Term endedOct 26, 2010

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