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CA 2004440 C · Owner: Mcnew, Donald W. · Inventors: Mcnew, Donald W.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A security file for use in a van-style vehicle, which file includes a lid cover of a lockable lid assembly pivotally movable between open and closed positions and also slidable between a rearwardly closed position and a forwardly partially open position, which forwardly partially open position facilitates use of the lid cover as a flat writing surface for a person seated in the driver's seat of the vehicle.

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  • Filed December 1, 1989 and granted January 19, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 1, 2009.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 1, 2011.
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FiledDecember 1, 1989
GrantedJanuary 19, 1999
Term endedDecember 1, 2009
Patent numberCA 2004440 C
Classification (IPC)B42F17/30 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 1, 1989Patent grantedJan 19, 1999Term endedDec 1, 2009

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