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Appliance connector and production method thereof

EP 0966075 B1 · Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

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  • Filed June 15, 1999 and granted May 14, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 15, 2019.
  • 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 15, 2024.
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FiledJune 15, 1999
PublishedDecember 22, 1999
GrantedMay 14, 2008
Term endedJune 15, 2019
Application numberEP 99304646
Classification (CPC)H01R13/405 +1 more

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