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Method of controlling an internal combustion engine

EP 0701049 B1 · Applicant: Société Anonyme dite: REGIE NATIONALE DES USINES RENAULT

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  • Filed August 31, 1995 and granted March 24, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 31, 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 March 3, 2021.
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FiledAugust 31, 1995
PublishedMarch 13, 1996
GrantedMarch 24, 1999
Term endedAugust 31, 2015
Application numberEP 95401977
Classification (CPC)F02D41/10 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedAug 31, 1995PublishedMarch 13, 1996Patent grantedMarch 24, 1999Term endedAug 31, 2015

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