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Dynamically-controlled cushioning system for an article of footwear

EP 1276396 B1 · Applicant: NIKE INTERNATIONAL LTD

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  • Filed April 12, 2001 and granted May 14, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 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 October 12, 2026.
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FiledApril 12, 2001
PublishedJanuary 22, 2003
GrantedMay 14, 2008
Term endedApril 12, 2021
Application numberEP 01924947
Classification (CPC)A43B3/34 +2 more

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