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Method for controlling upshift gearchanges in an automatic transmission

EP 0754889 B1 · Applicant: Société Anonyme dite: REGIE NATIONALE DES USINES RENAULT

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  • Filed July 9, 1996 and granted August 23, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 9, 2016.
  • 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 9, 2022.
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FiledJuly 9, 1996
PublishedJanuary 22, 1997
GrantedAugust 23, 2000
Term endedJuly 9, 2016
Application numberEP 96401510
Classification (CPC)F16H59/36 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJuly 9, 1996PublishedJan 22, 1997Patent grantedAug 23, 2000Term endedJuly 9, 2016

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