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Case assembly for a rearview mirror

EP 0254435 B1 · Applicant: DONNELLY CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 26, 1987 and granted May 20, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 26, 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 December 26, 2012.
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FiledJune 26, 1987
PublishedJanuary 27, 1988
GrantedMay 20, 1992
Term endedJune 26, 2007
Application numberEP 87305740
Classification (CPC)B60R1/12 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJune 26, 1987PublishedJan 27, 1988Patent grantedMay 20, 1992Term endedJune 26, 2007

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