Expired European patentEurope
A device for automatically restarting the engine of a motor vehicle after sudden braking
EP 0168356 B1 · Applicant: FIAT AUTO S.p.A.
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- Filed June 6, 1985 and granted November 9, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 6, 2005.
- 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 December 6, 2010.
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FiledJune 6, 1985
PublishedJanuary 15, 1986
GrantedNovember 9, 1988
Term endedJune 6, 2005
Application numberEP 85830140
Classification (CPC)B60W10/04 +2 more
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