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Mechanism housing

EP 0835198 B1 · Applicant: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH

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  • Filed June 19, 1996 and granted August 18, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 19, 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 19, 2021.
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FiledJune 19, 1996
PublishedApril 15, 1998
GrantedAugust 18, 1999
Term endedJune 19, 2016
Application numberEP 96922851
Classification (CPC)H02K11/40 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 19, 1996PublishedApril 15, 1998Patent grantedAug 18, 1999Term endedJune 19, 2016

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