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EP 0682181 B1 · Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho

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  • Filed March 14, 1995 and granted August 26, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 14, 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 14, 2020.
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FiledMarch 14, 1995
PublishedNovember 15, 1995
GrantedAugust 26, 1998
Term endedMarch 14, 2015
Application numberEP 95103658
Classification (CPC)F04C29/02 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMarch 14, 1995PublishedNov 15, 1995Patent grantedAug 26, 1998Term endedMarch 14, 2015

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