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Valve stem seal assembly

EP 0544458 B1 · Applicant: DANA CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 19, 1992 and granted March 15, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 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 May 19, 2018.
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FiledNovember 19, 1992
PublishedJune 2, 1993
GrantedMarch 15, 1995
Term endedNovember 19, 2012
Application numberEP 92310573
Classification (CPC)F01L3/08

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedNov 19, 1992PublishedJune 2, 1993Patent grantedMarch 15, 1995Term endedNov 19, 2012

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