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Hanger for kitchen appliances

EP 0195446 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 20, 1986 and granted July 11, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 2006.
  • 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 September 20, 2011.
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FiledMarch 20, 1986
PublishedSeptember 24, 1986
GrantedJuly 11, 1990
Term endedMarch 20, 2006
Application numberEP 86103794
Classification (CPC)A47B77/02 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 20, 1986PublishedSep 24, 1986Patent grantedJuly 11, 1990Term endedMarch 20, 2006

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