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Working fluid composition for refrigeration machine

EP 0580308 B1 · Applicant: KAO CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 2, 1993 and granted November 15, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 2, 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 January 2, 2019.
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FiledJuly 2, 1993
PublishedJanuary 26, 1994
GrantedNovember 15, 2000
Term endedJuly 2, 2013
Application numberEP 93305205
Classification (CPC)C10M171/008 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJuly 2, 1993PublishedJan 26, 1994Patent grantedNov 15, 2000Term endedJuly 2, 2013

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