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Break-away mirror mechanism

EP 0341016 B1 · Applicant: BRITAX RAINSFORDS PTY. LTD.

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  • Filed May 2, 1989 and granted December 2, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 2009.
  • 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 November 2, 2014.
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FiledMay 2, 1989
PublishedNovember 8, 1989
GrantedDecember 2, 1992
Term endedMay 2, 2009
Application numberEP 89304389
Classification (CPC)B60R1/076

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 2, 1989PublishedNov 8, 1989Patent grantedDec 2, 1992Term endedMay 2, 2009

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