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Catalyst housing

EP 0250537 B1 · Applicant: SAAB-SCANIA Aktiebolag

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  • Filed December 11, 1986 and granted May 31, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 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 June 11, 2012.
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FiledDecember 11, 1986
PublishedJanuary 7, 1988
GrantedMay 31, 1989
Term endedDecember 11, 2006
Application numberEP 87900319
Classification (CPC)F01N3/2892

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 11, 1986PublishedJan 7, 1988Patent grantedMay 31, 1989Term endedDec 11, 2006

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