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Hydrostatic servo-assisted steering system, in particular for motor vehicles

EP 0397692 B1 · Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed November 12, 1988 and granted January 29, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 12, 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 May 12, 2014.
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FiledNovember 12, 1988
PublishedNovember 22, 1990
GrantedJanuary 29, 1992
Term endedNovember 12, 2008
Application numberEP 89900808
Classification (CPC)B62D5/097

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 12, 1988PublishedNov 22, 1990Patent grantedJan 29, 1992Term endedNov 12, 2008

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