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Fuel cut-off anti-theft device

EP 0629162 B1 · Applicant: KERRY, Malcolm

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  • Filed March 12, 1993 and granted May 14, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 12, 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 September 12, 2018.
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FiledMarch 12, 1993
PublishedDecember 21, 1994
GrantedMay 14, 1997
Term endedMarch 12, 2013
Application numberEP 93905579
Classification (CPC)B60R25/042

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedMarch 12, 1993PublishedDec 21, 1994Patent grantedMay 14, 1997Term endedMarch 12, 2013

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