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A heating device employing a thermistor

EP 0019376 B1 · Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

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  • Filed April 24, 1980 and granted February 29, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 24, 2000.
  • 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 24, 2005.
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FiledApril 24, 1980
PublishedNovember 26, 1980
GrantedFebruary 29, 1984
Term endedApril 24, 2000
Application numberEP 80301321
Classification (CPC)F24H1/121 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 24, 1980PublishedNov 26, 1980Patent grantedFeb 29, 1984Term endedApril 24, 2000

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