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Solenoid valve as actuator for fluids

EP 0696809 B1 · Applicant: MANNESMANN Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed July 25, 1995 and granted July 1, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 25, 2015.
  • 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 25, 2021.
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FiledJuly 25, 1995
PublishedFebruary 14, 1996
GrantedJuly 1, 1998
Term endedJuly 25, 2015
Application numberEP 95250180
Classification (CPC)H01F7/13

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJuly 25, 1995PublishedFeb 14, 1996Patent grantedJuly 1, 1998Term endedJuly 25, 2015

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