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Coffee or tea machine

EP 0499689 A1 · Applicant: Melitta Haushaltsprodukte GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft

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  • Filed September 21, 1991 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 21, 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 March 21, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 21, 1991
PublishedAugust 26, 1992
GrantedNever granted
Term endedSeptember 21, 2011
Application numberEP 91116108
Classification (CPC)B01D29/03 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedSep 21, 1991PublishedAug 26, 1992Term endedSep 21, 2011

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