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Compressor with hermetically sealed casing

EP 0561385 B1 · Applicant: Zanussi Elettromeccanica S.p.A.

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  • Filed March 17, 1993 and granted October 9, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 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 September 17, 2018.
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FiledMarch 17, 1993
PublishedSeptember 22, 1993
GrantedOctober 9, 1996
Term endedMarch 17, 2013
Application numberEP 93104359
Classification (CPC)F04B39/0027 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedMarch 17, 1993PublishedSep 22, 1993Patent grantedOct 9, 1996Term endedMarch 17, 2013

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