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Method for manufacturing a commutator

EP 0201224 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 15, 1986 and granted June 27, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 2006.
  • 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 October 15, 2011.
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FiledApril 15, 1986
PublishedNovember 12, 1986
GrantedJune 27, 1990
Term endedApril 15, 2006
Application numberEP 86302779
Classification (CPC)H01R43/06

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedApril 15, 1986PublishedNov 12, 1986Patent grantedJune 27, 1990Term endedApril 15, 2006

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