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Rubber bearing with graduated damping behavior

EP 1181465 B1 · Applicant: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG

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  • Filed March 27, 2001 and granted October 13, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 27, 2021.
  • 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 September 27, 2026.
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FiledMarch 27, 2001
PublishedFebruary 27, 2002
GrantedOctober 13, 2004
Term endedMarch 27, 2021
Application numberEP 01927607
Classification (CPC)F16F13/1418

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