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Linear rail system having preload adjustment apparatus

EP 1010907 B1 · Applicant: Pacific Bearing Co.

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  • Filed November 29, 1999 and granted October 15, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 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 May 29, 2025.
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FiledNovember 29, 1999
PublishedJune 21, 2000
GrantedOctober 15, 2003
Term endedNovember 29, 2019
Application numberEP 99204017
Classification (CPC)F16C29/12 +2 more

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