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Buckle for vehicle safety belt

EP 0504657 B1 · Applicant: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH

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  • Filed March 4, 1992 and granted June 28, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 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 September 4, 2017.
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FiledMarch 4, 1992
PublishedSeptember 23, 1992
GrantedJune 28, 1995
Term endedMarch 4, 2012
Application numberEP 92103684
Classification (CPC)A44B11/2523

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 4, 1992PublishedSep 23, 1992Patent grantedJune 28, 1995Term endedMarch 4, 2012

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