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Bicycle brake device

EP 1010611 B1 · Applicant: Shimano Inc.

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  • Filed March 7, 1996 and granted July 3, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 7, 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 September 7, 2021.
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FiledMarch 7, 1996
PublishedJune 21, 2000
GrantedJuly 3, 2002
Term endedMarch 7, 2016
Application numberEP 00106929
Classification (CPC)B62L3/02 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMarch 7, 1996PublishedJune 21, 2000Patent grantedJuly 3, 2002Term endedMarch 7, 2016

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