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Closed sleeve for radial bearing and its use in a cardan joint

EP 0553584 B1 · Applicant: NADELLA

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  • Filed December 29, 1992 and granted April 24, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 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 June 29, 2018.
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FiledDecember 29, 1992
PublishedAugust 4, 1993
GrantedApril 24, 1996
Term endedDecember 29, 2012
Application numberEP 92403576
Classification (CPC)F16D3/40 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedDec 29, 1992PublishedAug 4, 1993Patent grantedApril 24, 1996Term endedDec 29, 2012

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