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EP 0822335 B1 · Applicant: COPELAND CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 31, 1997 and granted October 15, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 31, 2017.
  • 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 31, 2023.
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FiledJuly 31, 1997
PublishedFebruary 4, 1998
GrantedOctober 15, 2003
Term endedJuly 31, 2017
Application numberEP 97305785
Classification (CPC)F04C23/008 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedJuly 31, 1997PublishedFeb 4, 1998Patent grantedOct 15, 2003Term endedJuly 31, 2017

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