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Method of detecting a deflated tyre on a vehicle

EP 0579446 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LIMITED

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  • Filed July 7, 1993 and granted January 31, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 7, 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 January 7, 2019.
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FiledJuly 7, 1993
PublishedJanuary 19, 1994
GrantedJanuary 31, 1996
Term endedJuly 7, 2013
Application numberEP 93305326
Classification (CPC)B60C23/061

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJuly 7, 1993PublishedJan 19, 1994Patent grantedJan 31, 1996Term endedJuly 7, 2013

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