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Vacuum cleaner

EP 0140656 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 18, 1984 and granted November 17, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 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 April 18, 2010.
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FiledOctober 18, 1984
PublishedMay 8, 1985
GrantedNovember 17, 1988
Term endedOctober 18, 2004
Application numberEP 84307191
Classification (CPC)A47L9/0411

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 18, 1984PublishedMay 8, 1985Patent grantedNov 17, 1988Term endedOct 18, 2004

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