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Friction modifier comprising metal sulfonate and lubricating oil composition containing the same

EP 0881277 B1 · Applicant: TONEN CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 29, 1998 and granted August 17, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 29, 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 November 29, 2023.
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FiledMay 29, 1998
PublishedDecember 2, 1998
GrantedAugust 17, 2005
Term endedMay 29, 2018
Application numberEP 98304251
Classification (CPC)C10M135/10 +1 more

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