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Locking device for the upper loading floor of double-deck railway wagons for the transport of road vehicles

EP 0558819 B1 · Applicant: Linke-Hofmann-Busch Waggon-Fahrzeug- Maschinen GmbH

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  • Filed December 22, 1992 and granted April 12, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 22, 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 June 22, 2018.
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FiledDecember 22, 1992
PublishedSeptember 8, 1993
GrantedApril 12, 1995
Term endedDecember 22, 2012
Application numberEP 92121775
Classification (CPC)B61D3/04

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedDec 22, 1992PublishedSep 8, 1993Patent grantedApril 12, 1995Term endedDec 22, 2012

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