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Improved heat transfer apparatus and methods for solid-vapor sorption systems

EP 0697085 B1 · Applicant: ROCKY RESEARCH

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  • Filed April 20, 1994 and granted September 1, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 20, 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 October 20, 2019.
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FiledApril 20, 1994
PublishedFebruary 21, 1996
GrantedSeptember 1, 1999
Term endedApril 20, 2014
Application numberEP 94914851
Classification (CPC)F28D20/003 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 20, 1994PublishedFeb 21, 1996Patent grantedSep 1, 1999Term endedApril 20, 2014

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