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Device for producing clear ice lumps

EP 0364686 B1 · Applicant: Gaggenau-Werke Haus- und Lufttechnik GmbH

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  • Filed August 12, 1989 and granted March 25, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 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 February 12, 2015.
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FiledAugust 12, 1989
PublishedApril 25, 1990
GrantedMarch 25, 1992
Term endedAugust 12, 2009
Application numberEP 89114947
Classification (CPC)F25C1/18 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedAug 12, 1989PublishedApril 25, 1990Patent grantedMarch 25, 1992Term endedAug 12, 2009

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