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Refrigeration system and incrementally adjustable electronic expansion valve

EP 0147357 B1 · Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 14, 1984 and granted April 4, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 14, 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 June 14, 2010.
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FiledDecember 14, 1984
PublishedJuly 3, 1985
GrantedApril 4, 1990
Term endedDecember 14, 2004
Application numberEP 84630198
Classification (CPC)F25B41/35

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedDec 14, 1984PublishedJuly 3, 1985Patent grantedApril 4, 1990Term endedDec 14, 2004

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