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Electric switch

EP 0673095 B1 · Applicant: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed March 11, 1995 and granted August 12, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 2015.
  • 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 11, 2020.
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FiledMarch 11, 1995
PublishedSeptember 20, 1995
GrantedAugust 12, 1998
Term endedMarch 11, 2015
Application numberEP 95103536
Classification (CPC)H01H9/08

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMarch 11, 1995PublishedSep 20, 1995Patent grantedAug 12, 1998Term endedMarch 11, 2015

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