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Steering column arrangement for an automotive vehicle

EP 0499508 B1 · Applicant: NACAM

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  • Filed February 4, 1992 and granted December 21, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 4, 2012.
  • 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 August 4, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 4, 1992
PublishedAugust 19, 1992
GrantedDecember 21, 1994
Term endedFebruary 4, 2012
Application numberEP 92400284
Classification (CPC)B62D1/184 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedFeb 4, 1992PublishedAug 19, 1992Patent grantedDec 21, 1994Term endedFeb 4, 2012

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