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Method of controlling a high pressure cleaning apparatus, and high pressure cleaning apparatus for carrying it out

EP 0120331 B1 · Applicant: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed February 29, 1984 and granted December 11, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 29, 2004.
  • 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 29, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 29, 1984
PublishedOctober 3, 1984
GrantedDecember 11, 1985
Term endedFebruary 29, 2004
Application numberEP 84102113
Classification (CPC)B08B3/026 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedFeb 29, 1984PublishedOct 3, 1984Patent grantedDec 11, 1985Term endedFeb 29, 2004

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