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Lever switch for steering shaft

EP 1022193 B1 · Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH

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  • Filed October 4, 1999 and granted December 20, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 4, 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 April 4, 2025.
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FiledOctober 4, 1999
PublishedJuly 26, 2000
GrantedDecember 20, 2006
Term endedOctober 4, 2019
Application numberEP 99119102
Classification (CPC)B60Q1/1469

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedOct 4, 1999PublishedJuly 26, 2000Patent grantedDec 20, 2006Term endedOct 4, 2019

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