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A magnetic refrigerator

EP 0104713 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed May 27, 1983 and granted July 27, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 27, 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 November 27, 2008.
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FiledMay 27, 1983
PublishedApril 4, 1984
GrantedJuly 27, 1988
Term endedMay 27, 2003
Application numberEP 83303090
Classification (CPC)C09K13/04 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMay 27, 1983PublishedApril 4, 1984Patent grantedJuly 27, 1988Term endedMay 27, 2003

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