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Installation for venting the petrol tank of a motor vehicle and process for testing its performance

EP 0466850 B1 · Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

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  • Filed January 9, 1991 and granted December 11, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 9, 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 July 9, 2016.
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FiledJanuary 9, 1991
PublishedJanuary 22, 1992
GrantedDecember 11, 1996
Term endedJanuary 9, 2011
Application numberEP 91901685
Classification (CPC)F02M25/0809 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJan 9, 1991PublishedJan 22, 1992Patent grantedDec 11, 1996Term endedJan 9, 2011

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