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Method of assembling wheel for bicycles

EP 0228474 B1 · Applicant: ARAYA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed July 10, 1986 and granted May 22, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 10, 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 January 10, 2012.
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FiledJuly 10, 1986
PublishedJuly 15, 1987
GrantedMay 22, 1991
Term endedJuly 10, 2006
Application numberEP 86904372
Classification (CPC)B60B31/02

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJuly 10, 1986PublishedJuly 15, 1987Patent grantedMay 22, 1991Term endedJuly 10, 2006

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