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Force-balanced sonic flow emission control valve

EP 1069304 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS CANADA LIMITED

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  • Filed May 23, 1997 and granted September 11, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 2017.
  • 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 November 23, 2022.
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FiledMay 23, 1997
PublishedJanuary 17, 2001
GrantedSeptember 11, 2002
Term endedMay 23, 2017
Application numberEP 00203572
Classification (CPC)F02M25/0836

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