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Torque variation absorbing device

EP 0304577 B1 · Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed July 18, 1985 and granted April 20, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 18, 2005.
  • 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 18, 2011.
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FiledJuly 18, 1985
PublishedMarch 1, 1989
GrantedApril 20, 1994
Term endedJuly 18, 2005
Application numberEP 88109850
Classification (CPC)F16D47/00 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 18, 1985PublishedMarch 1, 1989Patent grantedApril 20, 1994Term endedJuly 18, 2005

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