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Air conditioner having humidifying function

EP 0823596 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed July 30, 1997 and granted March 17, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 30, 2017.
  • 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 January 30, 2023.
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FiledJuly 30, 1997
PublishedFebruary 11, 1998
GrantedMarch 17, 2004
Term endedJuly 30, 2017
Application numberEP 97305724
Classification (CPC)F24F1/26 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedJuly 30, 1997PublishedFeb 11, 1998Patent grantedMarch 17, 2004Term endedJuly 30, 2017

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