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Relief valve for liquid filter

EP 0489731 B1 · Applicant: ALLIED-SIGNAL CANADA INC.

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  • Filed March 16, 1990 and granted June 1, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 16, 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 September 16, 2015.
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FiledMarch 16, 1990
PublishedJune 17, 1992
GrantedJune 1, 1994
Term endedMarch 16, 2010
Application numberEP 90905085
Classification (CPC)B01D27/103

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 16, 1990PublishedJune 17, 1992Patent grantedJune 1, 1994Term endedMarch 16, 2010

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