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Device for monitoring the functions of a plurality of control units in a motor vehicle

EP 0486501 B1 · Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

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  • Filed June 26, 1990 and granted September 28, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 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 December 26, 2015.
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FiledJune 26, 1990
PublishedMay 27, 1992
GrantedSeptember 28, 1994
Term endedJune 26, 2010
Application numberEP 90909334
Classification (CPC)G01R31/006

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJune 26, 1990PublishedMay 27, 1992Patent grantedSep 28, 1994Term endedJune 26, 2010

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