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Internal combustion engine having a variable valve train

EP 1832721 B1 · Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

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  • Filed November 23, 2000 and granted September 23, 2009. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 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 23, 2026.
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FiledNovember 23, 2000
PublishedSeptember 12, 2007
GrantedSeptember 23, 2009
Term endedNovember 23, 2020
Application numberEP 07106539
Classification (CPC)F02D41/0002 +2 more

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2001200320052007200920112013201520172019Application filedNov 23, 2000PublishedSep 12, 2007Patent grantedSep 23, 2009Term endedNov 23, 2020

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