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Combined steam and vacuum cleaner

EP 0625331 B1 · Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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  • Filed May 19, 1994 and granted August 6, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 19, 2014.
  • 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 November 19, 2019.
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FiledMay 19, 1994
PublishedNovember 23, 1994
GrantedAugust 6, 1997
Term endedMay 19, 2014
Application numberEP 94303595
Classification (CPC)A47L11/34 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 19, 1994PublishedNov 23, 1994Patent grantedAug 6, 1997Term endedMay 19, 2014

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