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Safety belt restraint device

EP 0832014 B1 · Applicant: METRO PRODUCTS (ACCESSORIES & LEISURE) LIMITED

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  • Filed June 14, 1996 and granted September 29, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 14, 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 December 14, 2021.
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FiledJune 14, 1996
PublishedApril 1, 1998
GrantedSeptember 29, 1999
Term endedJune 14, 2016
Application numberEP 96920934
Classification (CPC)B60N2/2803 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 14, 1996PublishedApril 1, 1998Patent grantedSep 29, 1999Term endedJune 14, 2016

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