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Two-pole step motor for timepiece

EP 1282017 B1 · Applicant: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed June 10, 1999 and granted February 15, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 10, 2019.
  • 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 10, 2024.
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FiledJune 10, 1999
PublishedFebruary 5, 2003
GrantedFebruary 15, 2006
Term endedJune 10, 2019
Application numberEP 02018517
Classification (CPC)G04C13/11 +1 more

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedJune 10, 1999PublishedFeb 5, 2003Patent grantedFeb 15, 2006Term endedJune 10, 2019

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