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Synchronising apparatus for change-speed gearing, especially for motor vehicle transmissions

EP 0762003 B1 · Applicant: ADAM OPEL AG

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  • Filed August 12, 1996 and granted October 27, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 12, 2022.
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FiledAugust 12, 1996
PublishedMarch 12, 1997
GrantedOctober 27, 1999
Term endedAugust 12, 2016
Application numberEP 96112930
Classification (CPC)F16D23/06

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedAug 12, 1996PublishedMarch 12, 1997Patent grantedOct 27, 1999Term endedAug 12, 2016

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