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Device for the detection of unduly heated parts of a running railroad car

EP 0041178 B1 · Applicant: Industrie Automation GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed May 19, 1981 and granted August 1, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 19, 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 November 19, 2006.
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FiledMay 19, 1981
PublishedDecember 9, 1981
GrantedAugust 1, 1984
Term endedMay 19, 2001
Application numberEP 81103824
Classification (CPC)B61K9/06

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 19, 1981PublishedDec 9, 1981Patent grantedAug 1, 1984Term endedMay 19, 2001

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