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Ring carrier for an internal combustion engine piston

EP 0957256 B1 · Applicant: MAHLE GMBH

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  • Filed April 14, 1999 and granted June 25, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 2019.
  • 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 October 14, 2024.
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FiledApril 14, 1999
PublishedNovember 17, 1999
GrantedJune 25, 2003
Term endedApril 14, 2019
Application numberEP 99107244
Classification (CPC)F02F3/22

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedApril 14, 1999PublishedNov 17, 1999Patent grantedJune 25, 2003Term endedApril 14, 2019

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