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Anti-shimmy caster wheel mounting

EP 0869874 B1 · Applicant: Teftec Corporation

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  • Filed December 26, 1996 and granted November 3, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 26, 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 June 26, 2022.
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FiledDecember 26, 1996
PublishedOctober 14, 1998
GrantedNovember 3, 2004
Term endedDecember 26, 2016
Application numberEP 96945108
Classification (CPC)B60B33/0028 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedDec 26, 1996PublishedOct 14, 1998Patent grantedNov 3, 2004Term endedDec 26, 2016

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