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Fabric guide chute for automotive air bag

EP 0558271 B1 · Applicant: MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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  • Filed February 23, 1993 and granted May 17, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 2013.
  • 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 23, 2018.
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FiledFebruary 23, 1993
PublishedSeptember 1, 1993
GrantedMay 17, 1995
Term endedFebruary 23, 2013
Application numberEP 93301320
Classification (CPC)B60R21/16 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedFeb 23, 1993PublishedSep 1, 1993Patent grantedMay 17, 1995Term endedFeb 23, 2013

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