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Electric coupling device

EP 0338032 B1 · Applicant: TRW Daut & Rietz GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed August 1, 1988 and granted March 16, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 1, 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 February 1, 2014.
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FiledAugust 1, 1988
PublishedOctober 25, 1989
GrantedMarch 16, 1994
Term endedAugust 1, 2008
Application numberEP 88907098
Classification (CPC)H01R13/645

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 1, 1988PublishedOct 25, 1989Patent grantedMarch 16, 1994Term endedAug 1, 2008

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