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Elastic suspension device with different directional stiffnesses for equipment support

EP 0533586 B1 · Applicant: HUTCHINSON

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  • Filed September 18, 1992 and granted January 4, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 18, 2012.
  • 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 March 18, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 18, 1992
PublishedMarch 24, 1993
GrantedJanuary 4, 1995
Term endedSeptember 18, 2012
Application numberEP 92402579
Classification (CPC)F16F3/087 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedSep 18, 1992PublishedMarch 24, 1993Patent grantedJan 4, 1995Term endedSep 18, 2012

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