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EP 0762844 B1 · Applicant: INSTA-HEAT, INC.

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  • Filed May 26, 1995 and granted November 11, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 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 November 26, 2020.
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FiledMay 26, 1995
PublishedMarch 19, 1997
GrantedNovember 11, 1998
Term endedMay 26, 2015
Application numberEP 95921518
Classification (CPC)F25D5/02 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMay 26, 1995PublishedMarch 19, 1997Patent grantedNov 11, 1998Term endedMay 26, 2015

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