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A dynamically tuned exhaust system

EP 0455375 B1 · Applicant: FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed April 16, 1991 and granted June 1, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 16, 2011.
  • 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 October 16, 2016.
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FiledApril 16, 1991
PublishedNovember 6, 1991
GrantedJune 1, 1994
Term endedApril 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91303360
Classification (CPC)F02B27/04 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 16, 1991PublishedNov 6, 1991Patent grantedJune 1, 1994Term endedApril 16, 2011

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