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Adaptive control system for operating adjustable automotive suspension units

EP 0321079 B1 · Applicant: FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 26, 1988 and granted July 7, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 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 April 26, 2014.
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FiledOctober 26, 1988
PublishedJune 21, 1989
GrantedJuly 7, 1993
Term endedOctober 26, 2008
Application numberEP 88310072
Classification (CPC)B60G17/0185

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 26, 1988PublishedJune 21, 1989Patent grantedJuly 7, 1993Term endedOct 26, 2008

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