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Drive unit for land vehicles

EP 0011775 B1 · Applicant: Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed November 15, 1979 and granted November 11, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 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 May 15, 2005.
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FiledNovember 15, 1979
PublishedJune 11, 1980
GrantedNovember 11, 1981
Term endedNovember 15, 1999
Application numberEP 79104504
Classification (CPC)B60K3/04

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedNov 15, 1979PublishedJune 11, 1980Patent grantedNov 11, 1981Term endedNov 15, 1999

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