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Fuel injected internal combustion engine

EP 0701654 B1 · Applicant: ORBITAL ENGINE COMPANY (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD.

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  • Filed April 22, 1994 and granted December 2, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 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 October 22, 2019.
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FiledApril 22, 1994
PublishedMarch 20, 1996
GrantedDecember 2, 1998
Term endedApril 22, 2014
Application numberEP 94913452
Classification (CPC)F02B21/00 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 22, 1994PublishedMarch 20, 1996Patent grantedDec 2, 1998Term endedApril 22, 2014

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