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Electrical central locking apparatus for motor vehicles and method of electrical central locking

EP 0147549 B1 · Applicant: VDO Adolf Schindling AG

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  • Filed October 13, 1984 and granted April 13, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 13, 2004.
  • 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 13, 2010.
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FiledOctober 13, 1984
PublishedJuly 10, 1985
GrantedApril 13, 1988
Term endedOctober 13, 2004
Application numberEP 84112353
Classification (CPC)E05B77/48

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 13, 1984PublishedJuly 10, 1985Patent grantedApril 13, 1988Term endedOct 13, 2004

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