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Lubrication system for hot forming

EP 1007608 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 21, 1998 and granted July 4, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 21, 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 January 21, 2024.
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FiledJuly 21, 1998
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedJuly 4, 2001
Term endedJuly 21, 2018
Application numberEP 98937008
Classification (CPC)B21D22/201 +2 more

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