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Integrated magnetic levitation and rotation system

EP 0876702 B1 · Applicant: Satcon Technology Corporation

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  • Filed October 18, 1996 and granted February 22, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 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 April 18, 2022.
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FiledOctober 18, 1996
PublishedNovember 11, 1998
GrantedFebruary 22, 2006
Term endedOctober 18, 2016
Application numberEP 96936771
Classification (CPC)F16C32/0493 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedOct 18, 1996PublishedNov 11, 1998Patent grantedFeb 22, 2006Term endedOct 18, 2016

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