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Electrical connector having a terminal retainer

EP 1094559 B1 · Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

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  • Filed October 20, 2000 and granted November 28, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 20, 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 April 20, 2026.
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FiledOctober 20, 2000
PublishedApril 25, 2001
GrantedNovember 28, 2007
Term endedOctober 20, 2020
Application numberEP 00122300
Classification (CPC)H01R13/4362

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