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Lockable motor assembly for use in a well bore

EP 1198654 B1 · Applicant: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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  • Filed July 24, 2000 and granted October 1, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 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 January 24, 2026.
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FiledJuly 24, 2000
PublishedApril 24, 2002
GrantedOctober 1, 2003
Term endedJuly 24, 2020
Application numberEP 00946209
Classification (CPC)E21B4/02 +1 more

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