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Method and apparatus for the digital measurement of rotational speed

EP 0172273 B1 · Applicant: VDO Adolf Schindling AG

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  • Filed December 27, 1984 and granted May 4, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 27, 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 June 27, 2010.
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FiledDecember 27, 1984
PublishedFebruary 26, 1986
GrantedMay 4, 1988
Term endedDecember 27, 2004
Application numberEP 84116367
Classification (CPC)G01R15/005 +1 more

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