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EP 0691048 B1 · Applicant: Blaupunkt-Werke GmbH

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  • Filed March 17, 1994 and granted January 22, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 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 September 17, 2019.
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FiledMarch 17, 1994
PublishedJanuary 10, 1996
GrantedJanuary 22, 1997
Term endedMarch 17, 2014
Application numberEP 94908978
Classification (CPC)H03H17/0294

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 17, 1994PublishedJan 10, 1996Patent grantedJan 22, 1997Term endedMarch 17, 2014

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