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Shifting unit for a bicycle

EP 1024079 B1 · Applicant: SHIMANO INC.

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  • Filed January 27, 2000 and granted November 2, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 27, 2020.
  • 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 July 27, 2025.
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FiledJanuary 27, 2000
PublishedAugust 2, 2000
GrantedNovember 2, 2005
Term endedJanuary 27, 2020
Application numberEP 00101715
Classification (CPC)B62M25/04

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2001200320052007200920112013201520172019Application filedJan 27, 2000PublishedAug 2, 2000Patent grantedNov 2, 2005Term endedJan 27, 2020

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