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A method and device for producing wiring harnesses

EP 0444032 B1 · Applicant: MERZ METALL- UND KUNSTSTOFFVERARBEITUNGS GMBH

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  • Filed June 16, 1989 and granted March 30, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 16, 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 December 16, 2014.
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FiledJune 16, 1989
PublishedSeptember 4, 1991
GrantedMarch 30, 1994
Term endedJune 16, 2009
Application numberEP 89906723
Classification (CPC)H01R43/28 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJune 16, 1989PublishedSep 4, 1991Patent grantedMarch 30, 1994Term endedJune 16, 2009

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