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Device for winding up and tensioning seatbelts

EP 0688705 B1 · Applicant: Van Riesen GmbH u. Co. KG

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  • Filed May 22, 1995 and granted April 5, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 22, 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 22, 2020.
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FiledMay 22, 1995
PublishedDecember 27, 1995
GrantedApril 5, 2000
Term endedMay 22, 2015
Application numberEP 95107760
Classification (CPC)B60R22/347

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMay 22, 1995PublishedDec 27, 1995Patent grantedApril 5, 2000Term endedMay 22, 2015

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