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Air control valve

EP 0527841 B1 · Applicant: M & Y AIR SYSTEMS LIMITED

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  • Filed May 13, 1991 and granted April 24, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 13, 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 November 13, 2016.
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FiledMay 13, 1991
PublishedFebruary 24, 1993
GrantedApril 24, 1996
Term endedMay 13, 2011
Application numberEP 91908977
Classification (CPC)F04D27/009

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 13, 1991PublishedFeb 24, 1993Patent grantedApril 24, 1996Term endedMay 13, 2011

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