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Magnetic actuator

EP 0871192 B1 · Applicant: ABB Research Ltd.

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  • Filed November 11, 1997 and granted April 13, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 11, 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 May 11, 2023.
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FiledNovember 11, 1997
PublishedOctober 14, 1998
GrantedApril 13, 2005
Term endedNovember 11, 2017
Application numberEP 97203501
Classification (CPC)H01F7/081 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedNov 11, 1997PublishedOct 14, 1998Patent grantedApril 13, 2005Term endedNov 11, 2017

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