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Superconducting bearing device

EP 0467341 B1 · Applicant: KOYO SEIKO CO., LTD.

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  • Filed July 17, 1991 and granted September 22, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 17, 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 January 17, 2017.
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FiledJuly 17, 1991
PublishedJanuary 22, 1992
GrantedSeptember 22, 1999
Term endedJuly 17, 2011
Application numberEP 91111965
Classification (CPC)F16C32/0438

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 17, 1991PublishedJan 22, 1992Patent grantedSep 22, 1999Term endedJuly 17, 2011

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