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Motion tracking apparatus for driverless vehicle

EP 0769735 B1 · Applicant: JERVIS B. WEBB INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

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  • Filed October 18, 1996 and granted June 12, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 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 April 18, 2022.
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FiledOctober 18, 1996
PublishedApril 23, 1997
GrantedJune 12, 2002
Term endedOctober 18, 2016
Application numberEP 96116811
Classification (CPC)G05D1/0272 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedOct 18, 1996PublishedApril 23, 1997Patent grantedJune 12, 2002Term endedOct 18, 2016

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