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Method for incorporating hinges into refrigerators, freezers and the like

EP 0668476 B1 · Applicant: WHIRLPOOL EUROPE B.V.

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  • Filed February 16, 1994 and granted November 11, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 16, 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 August 16, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 16, 1994
PublishedAugust 23, 1995
GrantedNovember 11, 1998
Term endedFebruary 16, 2014
Application numberEP 94102306
Classification (CPC)E05D5/06 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 16, 1994PublishedAug 23, 1995Patent grantedNov 11, 1998Term endedFeb 16, 2014

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