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Geared motor having a hollow housing equipped with a closure plate, especially a geared motor for a wiping system

EP 0686536 B1 · Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE

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  • Filed May 30, 1995 and granted July 22, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 30, 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 November 30, 2020.
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FiledMay 30, 1995
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedJuly 22, 1998
Term endedMay 30, 2015
Application numberEP 95108246
Classification (CPC)F16H21/40 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMay 30, 1995PublishedDec 13, 1995Patent grantedJuly 22, 1998Term endedMay 30, 2015

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