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Impact sensor

EP 0360843 B1 · Applicant: Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

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  • Filed December 15, 1988 and granted June 3, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 15, 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 June 15, 2014.
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FiledDecember 15, 1988
PublishedApril 4, 1990
GrantedJune 3, 1992
Term endedDecember 15, 2008
Application numberEP 89900815
Classification (CPC)H01H35/145 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 15, 1988PublishedApril 4, 1990Patent grantedJune 3, 1992Term endedDec 15, 2008

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