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Process and machine for uniting rotatable machine components

EP 1179384 B1 · Applicant: THE TIMKEN COMPANY

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  • Filed June 22, 1998 and granted March 17, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 22, 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 December 22, 2023.
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FiledJune 22, 1998
PublishedFebruary 13, 2002
GrantedMarch 17, 2004
Term endedJune 22, 2018
Application numberEP 01126764
Classification (CPC)B23P11/00 +2 more

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