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Methods of sensing humidity, and controlling a humidity sensor, in a microwave oven

EP 0697802 B1 · Applicant: DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD

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  • Filed August 16, 1995 and granted January 17, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 16, 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 February 16, 2021.
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FiledAugust 16, 1995
PublishedFebruary 21, 1996
GrantedJanuary 17, 2001
Term endedAugust 16, 2015
Application numberEP 95305715
Classification (CPC)H05B6/6458

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