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Automotive alternator bearing

EP 1199785 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed March 28, 2001 and granted October 22, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 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 28, 2026.
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FiledMarch 28, 2001
PublishedApril 24, 2002
GrantedOctober 22, 2008
Term endedMarch 28, 2021
Application numberEP 01107473
Classification (CPC)F16C19/18 +2 more

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