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Fuel container for motor vehicles

EP 0403490 B1 · Applicant: AUDI AG

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  • Filed January 31, 1989 and granted November 6, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 31, 2009.
  • 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 July 31, 2014.
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FiledJanuary 31, 1989
PublishedDecember 27, 1990
GrantedNovember 6, 1991
Term endedJanuary 31, 2009
Application numberEP 89901713
Classification (CPC)B60K15/04

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJan 31, 1989PublishedDec 27, 1990Patent grantedNov 6, 1991Term endedJan 31, 2009

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