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Method and apparatus for vibration reduction/control in a variable reluctance linear motor

EP 0961392 B1 · Applicant: UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION (Delaware Corp.)

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  • Filed March 31, 1999 and granted June 8, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 31, 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 1, 2024.
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FiledMarch 31, 1999
PublishedDecember 1, 1999
GrantedJune 8, 2005
Term endedMarch 31, 2019
Application numberEP 99302535
Classification (CPC)H02K41/03 +1 more

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