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Device for detecting the occupation of a vehicle seat

EP 0669227 B1 · Applicant: TEMIC TELEFUNKEN microelectronic GmbH

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  • Filed December 22, 1994 and granted July 22, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 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 June 22, 2020.
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FiledDecember 22, 1994
PublishedAugust 30, 1995
GrantedJuly 22, 1998
Term endedDecember 22, 2014
Application numberEP 94120369
Classification (CPC)G07B13/02 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedDec 22, 1994PublishedAug 30, 1995Patent grantedJuly 22, 1998Term endedDec 22, 2014

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