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Method of controlling idling rotational speed in internal combustion engines

EP 0206790 B1 · Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed June 23, 1986 and granted January 17, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 23, 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 December 23, 2011.
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FiledJune 23, 1986
PublishedDecember 30, 1986
GrantedJanuary 17, 1990
Term endedJune 23, 2006
Application numberEP 86304795
Classification (CPC)F02D31/005

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJune 23, 1986PublishedDec 30, 1986Patent grantedJan 17, 1990Term endedJune 23, 2006

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