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Procedure and device for endurance testing of electrical systems of a vehicle

EP 1202041 B1 · Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

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  • Filed October 31, 2000 and granted March 18, 2009. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 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 May 1, 2026.
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FiledOctober 31, 2000
PublishedMay 2, 2002
GrantedMarch 18, 2009
Term endedOctober 31, 2020
Application numberEP 00123729
Classification (CPC)G01M99/002

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