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Dehydrating and filtering unit for a refrigerant circuit

EP 0039390 B1 · Applicant: INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A.

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  • Filed February 20, 1981 and granted February 8, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 2001.
  • 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 August 20, 2006.
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FiledFebruary 20, 1981
PublishedNovember 11, 1981
GrantedFebruary 8, 1984
Term endedFebruary 20, 2001
Application numberEP 81101234
Classification (CPC)F25B43/003

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedFeb 20, 1981PublishedNov 11, 1981Patent grantedFeb 8, 1984Term endedFeb 20, 2001

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