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Sound synthesizer in a vehicle

EP 0469023 B1 · Applicant: GROUP LOTUS LIMITED

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  • Filed April 19, 1990 and granted October 18, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 19, 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 October 19, 2015.
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FiledApril 19, 1990
PublishedFebruary 5, 1992
GrantedOctober 18, 1995
Term endedApril 19, 2010
Application numberEP 90906299
Classification (CPC)G10K15/02

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 19, 1990PublishedFeb 5, 1992Patent grantedOct 18, 1995Term endedApril 19, 2010

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