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Pivotable actuator

EP 0770452 B1 · Applicant: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.

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  • Filed October 16, 1996 and granted July 14, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 2016.
  • 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 16, 2022.
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FiledOctober 16, 1996
PublishedMay 2, 1997
GrantedJuly 14, 1999
Term endedOctober 16, 2016
Application numberEP 96116548
Classification (CPC)H10N30/208

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedOct 16, 1996PublishedMay 2, 1997Patent grantedJuly 14, 1999Term endedOct 16, 2016

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