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Safing method for a vehicle occupant protection safety system

EP 1268237 A1 · Applicant: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation

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  • Filed March 29, 2001 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 29, 2021.
  • 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 29, 2026.
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FiledMarch 29, 2001
PublishedJanuary 2, 2003
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMarch 29, 2021
Application numberEP 01920847
Classification (CPC)B60R21/013 +2 more

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