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Route guiding device for belt highway

EP 0760507 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed March 12, 1996 and granted December 5, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 12, 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 12, 2021.
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FiledMarch 12, 1996
PublishedMarch 5, 1997
GrantedDecember 5, 2001
Term endedMarch 12, 2016
Application numberEP 96905064
Classification (CPC)G01C21/26 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMarch 12, 1996PublishedMarch 5, 1997Patent grantedDec 5, 2001Term endedMarch 12, 2016

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