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Vane cell machine

EP 0659237 B1 · Applicant: LORENTZ, Bernt

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  • Filed August 26, 1993 and granted April 24, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 26, 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 February 26, 2019.
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FiledAugust 26, 1993
PublishedJune 28, 1995
GrantedApril 24, 1996
Term endedAugust 26, 2013
Application numberEP 93919192
Classification (CPC)F04C15/06 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedAug 26, 1993PublishedJune 28, 1995Patent grantedApril 24, 1996Term endedAug 26, 2013

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