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Control Method for internal combustion engines

EP 0106366 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed October 19, 1983 and granted June 8, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 19, 2009.
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FiledOctober 19, 1983
PublishedApril 25, 1984
GrantedJune 8, 1988
Term endedOctober 19, 2003
Application numberEP 83110424
Classification (CPC)F02D41/263 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedOct 19, 1983PublishedApril 25, 1984Patent grantedJune 8, 1988Term endedOct 19, 2003

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