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Device for hinging a door of a household electrical appliance built into a furniture item, to a door panel of this latter so as to achieve optimum utilization of the compartment housing the appliance

EP 0657609 B1 · Applicant: WHIRLPOOL EUROPE B.V.

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  • Filed December 13, 1993 and granted February 4, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 13, 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 June 13, 2019.
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FiledDecember 13, 1993
PublishedJune 14, 1995
GrantedFebruary 4, 1998
Term endedDecember 13, 2013
Application numberEP 93120046
Classification (CPC)E05D3/06 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedDec 13, 1993PublishedJune 14, 1995Patent grantedFeb 4, 1998Term endedDec 13, 2013

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