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Process and arrangement for supplying lubricant to a reciprocating piston engine

EP 0659233 B1 · Applicant: FEV Motorentechnik GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed July 11, 1994 and granted March 5, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 11, 2014.
  • 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 January 11, 2020.
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FiledJuly 11, 1994
PublishedJune 28, 1995
GrantedMarch 5, 1997
Term endedJuly 11, 2014
Application numberEP 94923719
Classification (CPC)F01M9/00 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJuly 11, 1994PublishedJune 28, 1995Patent grantedMarch 5, 1997Term endedJuly 11, 2014

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