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Four speed ratio automatic power transmission

EP 0559237 B1 · Applicant: FORD-WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed April 7, 1989 and granted July 3, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 7, 2009.
  • 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 October 7, 2014.
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FiledApril 7, 1989
PublishedSeptember 8, 1993
GrantedJuly 3, 1996
Term endedApril 7, 2009
Application numberEP 93105969
Classification (CPC)F16H61/21 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 7, 1989PublishedSep 8, 1993Patent grantedJuly 3, 1996Term endedApril 7, 2009

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