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An adaptive clutch control system for a continuously variable transmission

EP 0458450 B1 · Applicant: BORG-WARNER AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

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  • Filed April 10, 1991 and granted February 14, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 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 10, 2016.
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FiledApril 10, 1991
PublishedNovember 27, 1991
GrantedFebruary 14, 1996
Term endedApril 10, 2011
Application numberEP 91303155
Classification (CPC)B60W10/02 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 10, 1991PublishedNov 27, 1991Patent grantedFeb 14, 1996Term endedApril 10, 2011

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