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System for and method of controlling automatic transmission

EP 0457585 B1 · Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed May 16, 1991 and granted July 24, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 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 November 16, 2016.
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FiledMay 16, 1991
PublishedNovember 21, 1991
GrantedJuly 24, 1996
Term endedMay 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91304400
Classification (CPC)F16H61/0213

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 16, 1991PublishedNov 21, 1991Patent grantedJuly 24, 1996Term endedMay 16, 2011

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