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Control pedal apparatus for a motor vehicle

EP 0471791 B1 · Applicant: Comfort Pedals Inc.

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  • Filed April 26, 1990 and granted August 30, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 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 26, 2015.
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FiledApril 26, 1990
PublishedFebruary 26, 1992
GrantedAugust 30, 1995
Term endedApril 26, 2010
Application numberEP 90908863
Classification (CPC)B60T7/04 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 26, 1990PublishedFeb 26, 1992Patent grantedAug 30, 1995Term endedApril 26, 2010

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