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Device for transmitting thurst

EP 0824450 B1 · Applicant: Wärtsilä NSD Schweiz AG

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  • Filed April 17, 1996 and granted October 13, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 17, 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 October 17, 2021.
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FiledApril 17, 1996
PublishedFebruary 25, 1998
GrantedOctober 13, 1999
Term endedApril 17, 2016
Application numberEP 96908985
Classification (CPC)B63H21/30

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedApril 17, 1996PublishedFeb 25, 1998Patent grantedOct 13, 1999Term endedApril 17, 2016

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