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EP 1081382 B1 · Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

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  • Filed August 22, 2000 and granted July 20, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 22, 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 February 22, 2026.
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FiledAugust 22, 2000
PublishedMarch 7, 2001
GrantedJuly 20, 2005
Term endedAugust 22, 2020
Application numberEP 00117962
Classification (CPC)F04C15/0026

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2001200320052007200920112013201520172019Application filedAug 22, 2000PublishedMarch 7, 2001Patent grantedJuly 20, 2005Term endedAug 22, 2020

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