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An indicator device for signalling that the wear limit has been reached for servo-operated clutches

EP 0774082 B1 · Applicant: KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE A/S

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  • Filed December 20, 1993 and granted September 30, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 2013.
  • 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 June 20, 2019.
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FiledDecember 20, 1993
PublishedMay 21, 1997
GrantedSeptember 30, 1998
Term endedDecember 20, 2013
Application numberEP 94903158
Classification (CPC)F16D25/12 +1 more

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