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Reduced obstruction self-sealing fasteners for multi-layer panels

EP 0629784 B1 · Applicant: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 16, 1993 and granted April 1, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 16, 2013.
  • 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 December 16, 2018.
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FiledJune 16, 1993
PublishedDecember 21, 1994
GrantedApril 1, 1998
Term endedJune 16, 2013
Application numberEP 93109650
Classification (CPC)F16B5/02 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJune 16, 1993PublishedDec 21, 1994Patent grantedApril 1, 1998Term endedJune 16, 2013

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