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Refrigerant flow rate control based on liquid level in dual evaporator two-stage refrigeration cycles

EP 0697087 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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  • Filed February 22, 1995 and granted August 4, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 2015.
  • 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 22, 2020.
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FiledFebruary 22, 1995
PublishedFebruary 21, 1996
GrantedAugust 4, 1999
Term endedFebruary 22, 2015
Application numberEP 95911853
Classification (CPC)F25B5/04 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedFeb 22, 1995PublishedFeb 21, 1996Patent grantedAug 4, 1999Term endedFeb 22, 2015

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