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Gear selector device

EP 0551259 B1 · Applicant: SCANIA CV AKTIEBOLAG

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  • Filed January 24, 1991 and granted March 22, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 24, 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 July 24, 2016.
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FiledJanuary 24, 1991
PublishedJuly 21, 1993
GrantedMarch 22, 1995
Term endedJanuary 24, 2011
Application numberEP 91903803
Classification (CPC)F16H59/044

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJan 24, 1991PublishedJuly 21, 1993Patent grantedMarch 22, 1995Term endedJan 24, 2011

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