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EP 0040554 B1 · Applicant: REGIE NATIONALE DES USINES RENAULT

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  • Filed February 10, 1981 and granted September 7, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 10, 2001.
  • 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 August 10, 2006.
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FiledFebruary 10, 1981
PublishedNovember 25, 1981
GrantedSeptember 7, 1983
Term endedFebruary 10, 2001
Application numberEP 81400209
Classification (CPC)E05C17/24

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedFeb 10, 1981PublishedNov 25, 1981Patent grantedSep 7, 1983Term endedFeb 10, 2001

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