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Method of controlling and monitoring the operation of a lift installation, and a roller bearing for use in the method

EP 0824495 B1 · Applicant: WITTUR AUFZUGTEILE GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed April 19, 1996 and granted December 29, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 19, 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 19, 2021.
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FiledApril 19, 1996
PublishedFebruary 25, 1998
GrantedDecember 29, 1999
Term endedApril 19, 2016
Application numberEP 96914956
Classification (CPC)G01P3/443 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedApril 19, 1996PublishedFeb 25, 1998Patent grantedDec 29, 1999Term endedApril 19, 2016

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