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Refrigerator cabinet and method of assembly

EP 0206258 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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  • Filed June 19, 1986 and granted March 25, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 19, 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 December 19, 2011.
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FiledJune 19, 1986
PublishedDecember 30, 1986
GrantedMarch 25, 1992
Term endedJune 19, 2006
Application numberEP 86108354
Classification (CPC)F25D23/062

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJune 19, 1986PublishedDec 30, 1986Patent grantedMarch 25, 1992Term endedJune 19, 2006

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