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Method of air-fuel ratio control of internal combustion engines of automobiles

EP 0106348 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed October 17, 1983 and granted January 11, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 17, 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 April 17, 2009.
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FiledOctober 17, 1983
PublishedApril 25, 1984
GrantedJanuary 11, 1989
Term endedOctober 17, 2003
Application numberEP 83110340
Classification (CPC)F02D41/18 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedOct 17, 1983PublishedApril 25, 1984Patent grantedJan 11, 1989Term endedOct 17, 2003

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