Expired European patentEurope
Device for the storage and cooling of beer intended for supply to a tap
EP 0244031 B1 · Applicant: Ummels, Johannes Antoinetta Michael
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- Filed April 25, 1987 and granted December 20, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 25, 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 October 25, 2012.
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FiledApril 25, 1987
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedDecember 20, 1989
Term endedApril 25, 2007
Application numberEP 87200784
Classification (CPC)F25D31/002 +2 more
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