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Clutch-to-clutch coast downshift control for a motor vehicle transmission

EP 0231994 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 6, 1987 and granted January 17, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 6, 2007.
  • 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 July 6, 2012.
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FiledJanuary 6, 1987
PublishedAugust 12, 1987
GrantedJanuary 17, 1990
Term endedJanuary 6, 2007
Application numberEP 87300058
Classification (CPC)F16H61/061

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJan 6, 1987PublishedAug 12, 1987Patent grantedJan 17, 1990Term endedJan 6, 2007

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