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Vehicle multiplex system

EP 0391920 B1 · Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 15, 1988 and granted December 1, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 15, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 15, 1988
PublishedOctober 17, 1990
GrantedDecember 1, 1993
Term endedSeptember 15, 2008
Application numberEP 88908837
Classification (CPC)B60R16/0315

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 15, 1988PublishedOct 17, 1990Patent grantedDec 1, 1993Term endedSep 15, 2008

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