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Sliding contact bearing with integrated lip seal

EP 0664409 B1 · Applicant: WIELAND-WERKE AG

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  • Filed December 22, 1994 and granted March 3, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 22, 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 June 22, 2020.
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FiledDecember 22, 1994
PublishedJuly 26, 1995
GrantedMarch 3, 1999
Term endedDecember 22, 2014
Application numberEP 94120361
Classification (CPC)F16C43/02 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedDec 22, 1994PublishedJuly 26, 1995Patent grantedMarch 3, 1999Term endedDec 22, 2014

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