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Clutch device in automatic transmission

EP 0453577 B1 · Applicant: AISIN-AW KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed November 15, 1990 and granted April 1, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 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 May 15, 2016.
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FiledNovember 15, 1990
PublishedOctober 30, 1991
GrantedApril 1, 1998
Term endedNovember 15, 2010
Application numberEP 90916818
Classification (CPC)F16H3/666 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 15, 1990PublishedOct 30, 1991Patent grantedApril 1, 1998Term endedNov 15, 2010

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