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Thermo-acoustic device

EP 0191179 B1 · Applicant: GEBRÜDER SULZER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed December 11, 1985 and granted April 26, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 2005.
  • 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 11, 2011.
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FiledDecember 11, 1985
PublishedAugust 20, 1986
GrantedApril 26, 1989
Term endedDecember 11, 2005
Application numberEP 85115760
Classification (CPC)F25B9/14 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 11, 1985PublishedAug 20, 1986Patent grantedApril 26, 1989Term endedDec 11, 2005

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