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Air inlet aftercooler mounting and sealing system

EP 0680552 B1 · Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.

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  • Filed October 12, 1994 and granted January 21, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 12, 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 April 12, 2020.
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FiledOctober 12, 1994
PublishedNovember 8, 1995
GrantedJanuary 21, 1998
Term endedOctober 12, 2014
Application numberEP 94931862
Classification (CPC)F02B29/0462 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 12, 1994PublishedNov 8, 1995Patent grantedJan 21, 1998Term endedOct 12, 2014

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