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EP 0624922 B1 · Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

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  • Filed April 12, 1994 and granted May 6, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 2014.
  • 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 12, 2019.
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FiledApril 12, 1994
PublishedNovember 17, 1994
GrantedMay 6, 1998
Term endedApril 12, 2014
Application numberEP 94105632
Classification (CPC)H01R13/4362

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 12, 1994PublishedNov 17, 1994Patent grantedMay 6, 1998Term endedApril 12, 2014

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