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Method for smoking foodstuffs, device for carrying out said method and smoke sprayer as applied in the device.

EP 0241965 B1 · Applicant: Muvero B.V. Ketel- en Apparatenfabriek

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  • Filed March 17, 1987 and granted June 20, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 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 17, 2012.
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FiledMarch 17, 1987
PublishedOctober 21, 1987
GrantedJune 20, 1990
Term endedMarch 17, 2007
Application numberEP 87200492
Classification (CPC)A23B4/0526

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMarch 17, 1987PublishedOct 21, 1987Patent grantedJune 20, 1990Term endedMarch 17, 2007

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