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Fuel ignition sensor

EP 0397306 B1 · Applicant: LUCAS INDUSTRIES public limited company

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  • Filed March 16, 1990 and granted May 18, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 16, 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 September 16, 2015.
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FiledMarch 16, 1990
PublishedNovember 14, 1990
GrantedMay 18, 1994
Term endedMarch 16, 2010
Application numberEP 90302890
Classification (CPC)G01J1/04 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 16, 1990PublishedNov 14, 1990Patent grantedMay 18, 1994Term endedMarch 16, 2010

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