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Automatic idling-up controlling device of an engine and a method for making the same

EP 0661430 B1 · Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY

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  • Filed December 31, 1993 and granted February 25, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 31, 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 July 1, 2019.
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FiledDecember 31, 1993
PublishedJuly 5, 1995
GrantedFebruary 25, 1998
Term endedDecember 31, 2013
Application numberEP 93310645
Classification (CPC)F02D41/086 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedDec 31, 1993PublishedJuly 5, 1995Patent grantedFeb 25, 1998Term endedDec 31, 2013

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