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Electromagnetic pilot type selector valve

EP 0655575 B1 · Applicant: SMC CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 30, 1993 and granted April 28, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 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 May 30, 2019.
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FiledNovember 30, 1993
PublishedMay 31, 1995
GrantedApril 28, 1999
Term endedNovember 30, 2013
Application numberEP 93309547
Classification (CPC)F16K31/426 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedNov 30, 1993PublishedMay 31, 1995Patent grantedApril 28, 1999Term endedNov 30, 2013

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