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Door handle device for an automotive vehicle

EP 0044952 B1 · Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

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  • Filed June 25, 1981 and granted April 18, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 25, 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 December 25, 2006.
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FiledJune 25, 1981
PublishedFebruary 3, 1982
GrantedApril 18, 1984
Term endedJune 25, 2001
Application numberEP 81104943
Classification (CPC)E05B85/18

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJune 25, 1981PublishedFeb 3, 1982Patent grantedApril 18, 1984Term endedJune 25, 2001

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