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Device for electrically checking the level of a liquid contained in a recipient

EP 0029091 B1 · Applicant: VDO Adolf Schindling AG

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  • Filed August 27, 1980 and granted August 20, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 27, 2000.
  • 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 February 27, 2006.
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FiledAugust 27, 1980
PublishedMay 27, 1981
GrantedAugust 20, 1986
Term endedAugust 27, 2000
Application numberEP 80105073
Classification (CPC)G01F23/246

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedAug 27, 1980PublishedMay 27, 1981Patent grantedAug 20, 1986Term endedAug 27, 2000

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