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Cam control mechanism in ice making machine

EP 0580950 B1 · Applicant: HOSHIZAKI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed March 29, 1993 and granted June 11, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 29, 2018.
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FiledMarch 29, 1993
PublishedFebruary 2, 1994
GrantedJune 11, 1997
Term endedMarch 29, 2013
Application numberEP 93105187
Classification (CPC)F25C1/08

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedMarch 29, 1993PublishedFeb 2, 1994Patent grantedJune 11, 1997Term endedMarch 29, 2013

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