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Device for guiding of vehicles

EP 0770533 B1 · Applicant: Linke-Hofmann-Busch Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

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  • Filed October 21, 1996 and granted May 17, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 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 21, 2022.
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FiledOctober 21, 1996
PublishedMay 2, 1997
GrantedMay 17, 2000
Term endedOctober 21, 2016
Application numberEP 96116907
Classification (CPC)B61F3/16 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedOct 21, 1996PublishedMay 2, 1997Patent grantedMay 17, 2000Term endedOct 21, 2016

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