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Method for charging a battery

EP 0539775 B1 · Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

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  • Filed October 8, 1992 and granted August 9, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 8, 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 April 8, 2018.
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FiledOctober 8, 1992
PublishedMay 5, 1993
GrantedAugust 9, 1995
Term endedOctober 8, 2012
Application numberEP 92117167
Classification (CPC)H02J7/02 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedOct 8, 1992PublishedMay 5, 1993Patent grantedAug 9, 1995Term endedOct 8, 2012

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