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Temperature controlled soldering iron with temperature setting established by a replaceable resistor

EP 0346327 B1 · Applicant: COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed October 27, 1987 and granted September 30, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 27, 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 April 27, 2013.
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FiledOctober 27, 1987
PublishedDecember 20, 1989
GrantedSeptember 30, 1992
Term endedOctober 27, 2007
Application numberEP 87907877
Classification (CPC)G05D23/1902 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedOct 27, 1987PublishedDec 20, 1989Patent grantedSep 30, 1992Term endedOct 27, 2007

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