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Damper system for magnetically supported rotors

EP 0867627 B1 · Applicant: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH

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  • Filed March 7, 1998 and granted October 6, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 7, 2018.
  • 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 September 7, 2023.
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FiledMarch 7, 1998
PublishedSeptember 30, 1998
GrantedOctober 6, 2004
Term endedMarch 7, 2018
Application numberEP 98104082
Classification (CPC)F16C27/00 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedMarch 7, 1998PublishedSep 30, 1998Patent grantedOct 6, 2004Term endedMarch 7, 2018

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