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Steering lock for motor cars

EP 0284723 B1 · Applicant: VALEO NEIMAN

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  • Filed January 29, 1988 and granted September 12, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 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 29, 2013.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1988
PublishedOctober 5, 1988
GrantedSeptember 12, 1990
Term endedJanuary 29, 2008
Application numberEP 88101309
Classification (CPC)B60R25/02118

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJan 29, 1988PublishedOct 5, 1988Patent grantedSep 12, 1990Term endedJan 29, 2008

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