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Antifretting coating for a bushing in a coldworked joint

EP 0472675 B1 · Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

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  • Filed January 15, 1991 and granted December 28, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 15, 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 July 15, 2016.
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FiledJanuary 15, 1991
PublishedMarch 4, 1992
GrantedDecember 28, 1994
Term endedJanuary 15, 2011
Application numberEP 91903186
Classification (CPC)B23P9/025

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJan 15, 1991PublishedMarch 4, 1992Patent grantedDec 28, 1994Term endedJan 15, 2011

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