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Drum for laundry washing machine

EP 0144679 B1 · Applicant: INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A.

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  • Filed October 24, 1984 and granted May 17, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 24, 2010.
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FiledOctober 24, 1984
PublishedJune 19, 1985
GrantedMay 17, 1989
Term endedOctober 24, 2004
Application numberEP 84112818
Classification (CPC)D06F37/00

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 24, 1984PublishedJune 19, 1985Patent grantedMay 17, 1989Term endedOct 24, 2004

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