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A disguising toy car

EP 0253045 B1 · Applicant: NIKKO Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed July 14, 1986 and granted May 2, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 14, 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 14, 2012.
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FiledJuly 14, 1986
PublishedJanuary 20, 1988
GrantedMay 2, 1990
Term endedJuly 14, 2006
Application numberEP 86850252
Classification (CPC)A63H17/32

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJuly 14, 1986PublishedJan 20, 1988Patent grantedMay 2, 1990Term endedJuly 14, 2006

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