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Control apparatus for cooking apparatus

EP 0272602 B1 · Applicant: FOOD AUTOMATION-SERVICE TECHNIQUES, INC. a corporation of the State of Delaware

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  • Filed December 16, 1987 and granted June 16, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 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 June 16, 2013.
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FiledDecember 16, 1987
PublishedJune 29, 1988
GrantedJune 16, 1993
Term endedDecember 16, 2007
Application numberEP 87118659
Classification (CPC)A21B1/40

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 16, 1987PublishedJune 29, 1988Patent grantedJune 16, 1993Term endedDec 16, 2007

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