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Load control apparatus

EP 0483448 B1 · Applicant: VDO Adolf Schindling AG

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  • Filed April 12, 1991 and granted August 3, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 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 12, 2016.
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FiledApril 12, 1991
PublishedMay 6, 1992
GrantedAugust 3, 1994
Term endedApril 12, 2011
Application numberEP 91105822
Classification (CPC)B60K26/04 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 12, 1991PublishedMay 6, 1992Patent grantedAug 3, 1994Term endedApril 12, 2011

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