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Method and system for controlling internal combustion engine with air pump

EP 0558320 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed February 25, 1993 and granted July 9, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 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 25, 2018.
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FiledFebruary 25, 1993
PublishedSeptember 1, 1993
GrantedJuly 9, 1997
Term endedFebruary 25, 2013
Application numberEP 93301412
Classification (CPC)F02N11/00 +2 more

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