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Master cylinder and plastics reservoir combination

EP 0049657 B1 · Applicant: THE BENDIX CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 28, 1981 and granted May 29, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 28, 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 March 28, 2007.
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FiledSeptember 28, 1981
PublishedApril 14, 1982
GrantedMay 29, 1985
Term endedSeptember 28, 2001
Application numberEP 81401498
Classification (CPC)B60T11/22

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedSep 28, 1981PublishedApril 14, 1982Patent grantedMay 29, 1985Term endedSep 28, 2001

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