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Idling speed controller, in particular for vehicles

EP 0098909 B1 · Applicant: VDO Adolf Schindling AG

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  • Filed January 26, 1983 and granted May 27, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 26, 2003.
  • 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 July 26, 2008.
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FiledJanuary 26, 1983
PublishedJanuary 25, 1984
GrantedMay 27, 1987
Term endedJanuary 26, 2003
Application numberEP 83100686
Classification (CPC)F02D31/004

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJan 26, 1983PublishedJan 25, 1984Patent grantedMay 27, 1987Term endedJan 26, 2003

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