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Heating apparatus

EP 0129344 B1 · Applicant: THORN EMI Patents Limited

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  • Filed May 21, 1984 and granted August 24, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 21, 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 November 21, 2009.
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FiledMay 21, 1984
PublishedDecember 27, 1984
GrantedAugust 24, 1988
Term endedMay 21, 2004
Application numberEP 84303424
Classification (CPC)H05B3/744

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMay 21, 1984PublishedDec 27, 1984Patent grantedAug 24, 1988Term endedMay 21, 2004

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