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Construction part in circular movement with a "pitch" sequence

EP 0541004 B1 · Applicant: Continental Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed October 29, 1992 and granted March 20, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 29, 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 April 29, 2018.
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FiledOctober 29, 1992
PublishedMay 12, 1993
GrantedMarch 20, 1996
Term endedOctober 29, 2012
Application numberEP 92118488
Classification (CPC)B60C11/0318

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedOct 29, 1992PublishedMay 12, 1993Patent grantedMarch 20, 1996Term endedOct 29, 2012

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