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Flexible protective gaiter for vehicle parts

EP 1048865 B1 · Applicant: ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH

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  • Filed April 19, 2000 and granted January 2, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 19, 2020.
  • 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 19, 2025.
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FiledApril 19, 2000
PublishedNovember 2, 2000
GrantedJanuary 2, 2004
Term endedApril 19, 2020
Application numberEP 00108540
Classification (CPC)F16J3/046 +1 more

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