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EP 0719952 B1 · Applicant: Ford Motor Company

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  • Filed November 27, 1995 and granted January 26, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 27, 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 May 27, 2021.
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FiledNovember 27, 1995
PublishedJuly 3, 1996
GrantedJanuary 26, 2000
Term endedNovember 27, 2015
Application numberEP 95308473
Classification (CPC)F16B5/0241 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedNov 27, 1995PublishedJuly 3, 1996Patent grantedJan 26, 2000Term endedNov 27, 2015

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