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Refrigeration cycle systems and refrigerators

EP 0126237 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed March 22, 1984 and granted February 1, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 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 September 22, 2009.
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FiledMarch 22, 1984
PublishedNovember 28, 1984
GrantedFebruary 1, 1989
Term endedMarch 22, 2004
Application numberEP 84103176
Classification (CPC)F25B41/385 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 22, 1984PublishedNov 28, 1984Patent grantedFeb 1, 1989Term endedMarch 22, 2004

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