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PTC heating resistor

EP 0333906 B1 · Applicant: David & Baader DBK Spezialfabrik elektrischer Apparate und Heizwiderstände GmbH

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  • Filed March 25, 1988 and granted October 20, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 25, 2008.
  • 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 25, 2013.
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FiledMarch 25, 1988
PublishedSeptember 27, 1989
GrantedOctober 20, 1993
Term endedMarch 25, 2008
Application numberEP 88104821
Classification (CPC)H05B3/14

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMarch 25, 1988PublishedSep 27, 1989Patent grantedOct 20, 1993Term endedMarch 25, 2008

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