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EP 0775853 B1 · Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 13, 1996 and granted April 17, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 13, 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 May 13, 2022.
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FiledNovember 13, 1996
PublishedMay 28, 1997
GrantedApril 17, 2002
Term endedNovember 13, 2016
Application numberEP 96118206
Classification (CPC)F16H37/0846

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedNov 13, 1996PublishedMay 28, 1997Patent grantedApril 17, 2002Term endedNov 13, 2016

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