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Communications unit for fitting in vehicles

EP 0451187 B1 · Applicant: SAAB AUTOMOBILE AKTIEBOLAG

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  • Filed December 29, 1989 and granted February 22, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 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 June 29, 2015.
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FiledDecember 29, 1989
PublishedOctober 16, 1991
GrantedFebruary 22, 1995
Term endedDecember 29, 2009
Application numberEP 90901065
Classification (CPC)B60R11/0241

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 29, 1989PublishedOct 16, 1991Patent grantedFeb 22, 1995Term endedDec 29, 2009

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