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EP 0480156 B1 · Applicant: Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH

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  • Filed August 27, 1991 and granted October 23, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 27, 2011.
  • 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 27, 2017.
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FiledAugust 27, 1991
PublishedApril 15, 1992
GrantedOctober 23, 1996
Term endedAugust 27, 2011
Application numberEP 91114344
Classification (CPC)D06F58/04

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 27, 1991PublishedApril 15, 1992Patent grantedOct 23, 1996Term endedAug 27, 2011

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