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Infinitely variable cone pulley transmission, especially for automotive vehicles

EP 0341474 B1 · Applicant: FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed April 22, 1989 and granted November 27, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 October 22, 2014.
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FiledApril 22, 1989
PublishedNovember 15, 1989
GrantedNovember 27, 1991
Term endedApril 22, 2009
Application numberEP 89107325
Classification (CPC)F16H37/022 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 22, 1989PublishedNov 15, 1989Patent grantedNov 27, 1991Term endedApril 22, 2009

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