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Gear oil compositions

EP 0692012 B1 · Applicant: ETHYL CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 29, 1994 and granted July 15, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 September 29, 2019.
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FiledMarch 29, 1994
PublishedJanuary 17, 1996
GrantedJuly 15, 1998
Term endedMarch 29, 2014
Application numberEP 94913317
Classification (CPC)C10M133/52 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 29, 1994PublishedJan 17, 1996Patent grantedJuly 15, 1998Term endedMarch 29, 2014

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