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Vehicle control apparatus

EP 0760326 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed March 26, 1996 and granted June 19, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 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 September 26, 2021.
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FiledMarch 26, 1996
PublishedMarch 5, 1997
GrantedJune 19, 2002
Term endedMarch 26, 2016
Application numberEP 96104794
Classification (CPC)B62D5/0463 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMarch 26, 1996PublishedMarch 5, 1997Patent grantedJune 19, 2002Term endedMarch 26, 2016

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