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Vehicle height control device adapted for self stopping in fault operation and restarting

EP 0397181 B1 · Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed May 10, 1990 and granted October 21, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 2010.
  • 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 10, 2015.
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FiledMay 10, 1990
PublishedNovember 14, 1990
GrantedOctober 21, 1992
Term endedMay 10, 2010
Application numberEP 90108844
Classification (CPC)B60G17/0185

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 10, 1990PublishedNov 14, 1990Patent grantedOct 21, 1992Term endedMay 10, 2010

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