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EP 0711231 B1 · Applicant: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH

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  • Filed July 22, 1994 and granted October 28, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 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 January 22, 2020.
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FiledJuly 22, 1994
PublishedMay 15, 1996
GrantedOctober 28, 1998
Term endedJuly 22, 2014
Application numberEP 94924795
Classification (CPC)B60R21/13

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJuly 22, 1994PublishedMay 15, 1996Patent grantedOct 28, 1998Term endedJuly 22, 2014

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