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Shock absorbing devices and methods, frame and vehicle having such shock absorbing devices

EP 0655565 B1 · Applicant: GEC ALSTHOM TRANSPORT SA

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  • Filed April 22, 1994 and granted October 6, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 22, 2019.
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FiledApril 22, 1994
PublishedMay 31, 1995
GrantedOctober 6, 1999
Term endedApril 22, 2014
Application numberEP 94400877
Classification (CPC)B61F19/04 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 22, 1994PublishedMay 31, 1995Patent grantedOct 6, 1999Term endedApril 22, 2014

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