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Toilet system with removable holding tank for recreational vehicles

EP 0343781 B1 · Applicant: THETFORD CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 17, 1989 and granted May 26, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 17, 2009.
  • 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 17, 2014.
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FiledApril 17, 1989
PublishedNovember 29, 1989
GrantedMay 26, 1993
Term endedApril 17, 2009
Application numberEP 89303793
Classification (CPC)B60R15/04

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 17, 1989PublishedNov 29, 1989Patent grantedMay 26, 1993Term endedApril 17, 2009

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