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Vacuum operated actuator for an automatic transmission

EP 0010202 B1 · Applicant: REGIE NATIONALE DES USINES RENAULT

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  • Filed September 25, 1979 and granted May 19, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 25, 1999.
  • 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 March 25, 2005.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1979
PublishedApril 30, 1980
GrantedMay 19, 1982
Term endedSeptember 25, 1999
Application numberEP 79103642
Classification (CPC)F16H59/30

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedSep 25, 1979PublishedApril 30, 1980Patent grantedMay 19, 1982Term endedSep 25, 1999

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