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EP 0577641 B1 · Applicant: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH

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  • Filed March 19, 1992 and granted March 15, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 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 September 19, 2017.
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FiledMarch 19, 1992
PublishedJanuary 12, 1994
GrantedMarch 15, 1995
Term endedMarch 19, 2012
Application numberEP 92906673
Classification (CPC)B60T8/885

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 19, 1992PublishedJan 12, 1994Patent grantedMarch 15, 1995Term endedMarch 19, 2012

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