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Passenger automotive restraint generator

EP 0404572 B1 · Applicant: MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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  • Filed June 21, 1990 and granted May 18, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 21, 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 December 21, 2015.
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FiledJune 21, 1990
PublishedDecember 27, 1990
GrantedMay 18, 1994
Term endedJune 21, 2010
Application numberEP 90306800
Classification (CPC)B01J7/00 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJune 21, 1990PublishedDec 27, 1990Patent grantedMay 18, 1994Term endedJune 21, 2010

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