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EP 0171222 B1 · Applicant: LUCAS INDUSTRIES public limited company

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  • Filed July 23, 1985 and granted December 13, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 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 23, 2011.
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FiledJuly 23, 1985
PublishedFebruary 12, 1986
GrantedDecember 13, 1989
Term endedJuly 23, 2005
Application numberEP 85305214
Classification (CPC)F16D65/22 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 23, 1985PublishedFeb 12, 1986Patent grantedDec 13, 1989Term endedJuly 23, 2005

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