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Anti-flooding arrangement for water supply hoses of household appliances

EP 0555679 B1 · Applicant: RE-FLEX S.r.l.

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  • Filed January 25, 1993 and granted April 17, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 25, 2013.
  • 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 July 25, 2018.
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FiledJanuary 25, 1993
PublishedAugust 18, 1993
GrantedApril 17, 1996
Term endedJanuary 25, 2013
Application numberEP 93101058
Classification (CPC)D06F39/081

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJan 25, 1993PublishedAug 18, 1993Patent grantedApril 17, 1996Term endedJan 25, 2013

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