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A seat belt retractor

EP 0335936 B1 · Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AKTIEBOLAG

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  • Filed September 30, 1988 and granted March 24, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 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 March 30, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1988
PublishedOctober 11, 1989
GrantedMarch 24, 1993
Term endedSeptember 30, 2008
Application numberEP 88908780
Classification (CPC)B60R22/34 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 30, 1988PublishedOct 11, 1989Patent grantedMarch 24, 1993Term endedSep 30, 2008

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