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Belt tensioner for a camshat drive system of an automotive engine

EP 0474532 B1 · Applicant: AUTOMOBILES PEUGEOT

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  • Filed August 20, 1991 and granted December 14, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 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 February 20, 2017.
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FiledAugust 20, 1991
PublishedMarch 11, 1992
GrantedDecember 14, 1994
Term endedAugust 20, 2011
Application numberEP 91402271
Classification (CPC)F16H7/1281

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 20, 1991PublishedMarch 11, 1992Patent grantedDec 14, 1994Term endedAug 20, 2011

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