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Leaf spring clamp with attachment means

EP 0278596 B1 · Applicant: FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed January 14, 1988 and granted March 27, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 14, 2008.
  • 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 14, 2013.
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FiledJanuary 14, 1988
PublishedAugust 17, 1988
GrantedMarch 27, 1991
Term endedJanuary 14, 2008
Application numberEP 88300285
Classification (CPC)B60G11/113 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJan 14, 1988PublishedAug 17, 1988Patent grantedMarch 27, 1991Term endedJan 14, 2008

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