Patent number up in Europe, but down in UK

• Book ID: 104383218
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 151 KB
• Volume: 1999
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1350-4789
• DOI: 10.1016/s1350-4789(99)90320-3

✦ Synopsis

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating whether DiamlerChrysler correctly notified the agency of an engine sealing defect in its car models that caused fuel to leak. Officials from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are demanding that DaimlerChrysler make sworn declarations that it did not conceal knowledge of the fuel leaks.

However, the company denies this and the charge that it was too slow in recalling the affected cars.