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Piston ring for combustion engine

EP 0764801 B1 · Applicant: Wärtsilä Schweiz AG

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  • Filed September 19, 1995 and granted February 26, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 19, 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 March 19, 2021.
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FiledSeptember 19, 1995
PublishedMarch 26, 1997
GrantedFebruary 26, 2003
Term endedSeptember 19, 2015
Application numberEP 95810583
Classification (CPC)F16J9/26

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedSep 19, 1995PublishedMarch 26, 1997Patent grantedFeb 26, 2003Term endedSep 19, 2015

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