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Impingement food preparation apparatus

EP 0096159 B1 · Applicant: LINCOLN FOODSERVICE PRODUCT, INC.

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  • Filed March 4, 1983 and granted May 20, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 4, 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 September 4, 2008.
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FiledMarch 4, 1983
PublishedDecember 21, 1983
GrantedMay 20, 1987
Term endedMarch 4, 2003
Application numberEP 83102134
Classification (CPC)F25D17/06 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 4, 1983PublishedDec 21, 1983Patent grantedMay 20, 1987Term endedMarch 4, 2003

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