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Gear-changing system for motor-vehicle reduction gears, with interruption of the traction force

EP 0201570 B1 · Applicant: ZWN ZAHNRADWERK NEUENSTEIN GMBH & CO.

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  • Filed October 31, 1985 and granted April 19, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 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 May 1, 2011.
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FiledOctober 31, 1985
PublishedNovember 20, 1986
GrantedApril 19, 1989
Term endedOctober 31, 2005
Application numberEP 85905761
Classification (CPC)F16H61/0403

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 31, 1985PublishedNov 20, 1986Patent grantedApril 19, 1989Term endedOct 31, 2005

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