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Method of washing laundry, and continuous batch-type washing machine for carrying out the method

EP 0088052 B1 · Applicant: Maschinenfabrik Ad. Schulthess & Co.AG.

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  • Filed February 24, 1983 and granted July 30, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 24, 2003.
  • 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 24, 2008.
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FiledFebruary 24, 1983
PublishedSeptember 7, 1983
GrantedJuly 30, 1986
Term endedFebruary 24, 2003
Application numberEP 83810079
Classification (CPC)D06F31/005

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedFeb 24, 1983PublishedSep 7, 1983Patent grantedJuly 30, 1986Term endedFeb 24, 2003

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