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Steering lock and ignition assembly

EP 1074440 B1 · Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed February 19, 1998 and granted March 31, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 19, 2018.
  • 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 August 19, 2023.
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FiledFebruary 19, 1998
PublishedFebruary 7, 2001
GrantedMarch 31, 2004
Term endedFebruary 19, 2018
Application numberEP 00121966
Classification (CPC)B60R25/021

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