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Engine control method

EP 0110312 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed November 23, 1983 and granted October 4, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 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 May 23, 2009.
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FiledNovember 23, 1983
PublishedJune 13, 1984
GrantedOctober 4, 1989
Term endedNovember 23, 2003
Application numberEP 83111717
Classification (CPC)F02D31/003 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedNov 23, 1983PublishedJune 13, 1984Patent grantedOct 4, 1989Term endedNov 23, 2003

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