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Control device for a motor vehicle change-speed gear unit

EP 0170132 B1 · Applicant: FIAT AUTO S.p.A.

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  • Filed July 11, 1985 and granted May 3, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 11, 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 January 11, 2011.
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FiledJuly 11, 1985
PublishedFebruary 5, 1986
GrantedMay 3, 1989
Term endedJuly 11, 2005
Application numberEP 85108690
Classification (CPC)F16H61/36

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 11, 1985PublishedFeb 5, 1986Patent grantedMay 3, 1989Term endedJuly 11, 2005

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