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Twist-beam axle for a motor vehicle

EP 1036680 B1 · Applicant: BENTELER AG

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  • Filed March 17, 2000 and granted November 15, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 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 September 17, 2025.
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FiledMarch 17, 2000
PublishedSeptember 20, 2000
GrantedNovember 15, 2006
Term endedMarch 17, 2020
Application numberEP 00105688
Classification (CPC)B60G7/001 +1 more

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