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Heating furnace

EP 0240860 B1 · Applicant: Viessmann, Hans, Dr.

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  • Filed March 26, 1987 and granted November 13, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 2007.
  • 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 26, 2012.
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FiledMarch 26, 1987
PublishedOctober 14, 1987
GrantedNovember 13, 1991
Term endedMarch 26, 2007
Application numberEP 87104485
Classification (CPC)F24D3/10 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMarch 26, 1987PublishedOct 14, 1987Patent grantedNov 13, 1991Term endedMarch 26, 2007

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