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A screen adapted to be placed in front of a hearthfire or other source of radiant heat

EP 0390239 B1 · Applicant: Ratelband, Johannes Bernadus

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  • Filed March 2, 1990 and granted September 23, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 2, 2010.
  • 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 2, 2015.
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FiledMarch 2, 1990
PublishedOctober 3, 1990
GrantedSeptember 23, 1992
Term endedMarch 2, 2010
Application numberEP 90200516
Classification (CPC)F24B1/192

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 2, 1990PublishedOct 3, 1990Patent grantedSep 23, 1992Term endedMarch 2, 2010

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